省長

省長

See also: 省长

Chinese

		comprehend; introspect; visit comprehend; introspect; visit; frugal; save; to omit; to leave out; to save (money); province	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (省長)		省	長
simp. (省长)		省	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěngzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˇ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang² zoeng²
• Min Nan (POJ): séng-tiúⁿ / séⁿ-tióⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěngzhǎng [Phonetic: shéngzhǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˇ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěngjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng³-chang³
    • Yale: shěng-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheengjaang
    • Palladius: шэнчжан (šɛnčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang² zoeng²
    • Yale: sáang jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang² dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang² zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ³⁵ t͡ʃœːŋ³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng-tiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: síng-tiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefngdviuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiũ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séⁿ-tióⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sénn-tiónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svefdvioir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔ̃⁵³/

Noun

省長

1. provincial governor; premier
2. (Mainland China, informal, sometimes derogatory)President of the Republic of China

Usage notes

Due to ROC streamlined provinces and make counties/provincial-controlled cities effectively under central government, users of this term consider the central government of ROC and its President had demoted themselves, making the President of Republic of China effectively the governor of Taiwan Province.

Related terms

• 州長／州长 (zhōuzhǎng)