長男

長男

See also: 长男

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	male
trad. (長男)		長	男
simp. (长男)		长	男

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎngnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² naam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chóng-nàm
• Min Nan (POJ): tióng-lâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǎngnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangnan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎngnán
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ˨˩˦꜕꜖꜖ nän˧˥/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng² naam⁴
    • Yale: jéung nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng² nam⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ˧˥ näːm˨˩/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-nàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong` namˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong³ nam²
    • IPA: /t͡soŋ˧˩ nam˩/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tióng-lâm
    • Tâi-lô: tióng-lâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diofnglaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ˥˧꜓꜓ lam˨˦/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ˥˥˦꜕꜓ lam˨˦/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ˥˧꜓꜓ lam˩˧/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ˥˧꜓꜓ lam˨˦/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ˦˩꜓꜓ lam˨˧/

Noun

長男

1. eldest son

Synonyms

• 大兒子／大儿子 (dà'érzi)
• 長子／长子 (zhǎngzǐ)
• (literary) 冢子 (zhǒngzǐ), 家督 (jiādū)
• (Cantonese) 大仔
• (Min) 大囝
• (Min Nan) 大漢囝／大汉囝, 大後生／大后生, 大漢後生／大汉后生

See also

• 長女／长女 (zhǎngnǚ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
長	男
ちょう Grade: 2	なん Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) ちょ​ーなん [chóꜜònàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • (Tokyo) ちょーな​ん [chòónáꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːnã̠ɴ]

Noun

長男 (hiragana ちょうなん, rōmaji chōnan)

1. the eldest of all of a family's sons

See also

• 長 (ちょう)女 (じょ) (chōjo)
• 長 (ちょう)子 (し) (chōshi)

References

1. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.