委員長

See also: 委员长

Chinese

		committee member	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (委員長)		委員	長
simp. (委员长)		委员	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěiyuánzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² jyun⁴ zoeng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): úi-oân-tiúⁿ / úi-oân-tióⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěiyuánzhǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěiyuánjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-yüan²-chang³
    • Yale: wěi-ywán-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiyuanjaang
    • Palladius: вэйюаньчжан (vɛjjuanʹčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai² jyun⁴ zoeng²
    • Yale: wái yùhn jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai² jyn⁴ dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei² yun⁴ zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵ jyːn²¹ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-oân-tiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: uí-uân-tiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uyoandviuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan²⁴⁻²² tiũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uan²⁴⁻²² tiũ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uan²³⁻³³ tiũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan²⁴⁻¹¹ tiũ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-oân-tióⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: uí-uân-tiónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uyoandvioir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan¹³⁻²² tiɔ̃⁵³/

Noun

委員長

1. committee chairperson

Derived terms

• 副委員長 / 副委员长 (fùwěiyuánzhǎng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
委	員	長
い Grade: 3	いん Grade: 3	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

委員 (“committee”) +‎ 長 (“head”)

Noun

委(い)員(いん)長(ちょう) • (iinchō) ^{←ゐゐんちやう (wiwintyau)?}

1. committee chairman

Related terms

• 委(い)員(いん) (īn)
• 委(い)員(いん)会(かい) (īnkai)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
委	員	長

Noun

委員長 • (wiwonjang) (hangeul 위원장)

1. hanja form^? of 위원장 (“committee chairman”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
委	員	長

Noun

委員長

1. chữ Hán form of ủy viên trưởng (“committee chairman”).