縣知事

Chinese

		a district; county	magistrate or governor of a county or medium-size town during early days of the Republic of China
trad. (縣知事)		縣	知事
simp. (县知事)		县	知事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànzhīshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄓ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁶ zi¹ si⁶

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànzhīshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄓ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànjhihshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-chih¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: syàn-jr̄-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannjyshyh
    • Palladius: сяньчжиши (sjanʹčžiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁶ zi¹ si⁶
    • Yale: yuhn jī sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁶ dzi¹ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁶ ji¹ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²² t͡siː⁵⁵ siː²²/

Noun

縣知事

1. (historical) county magistrate; magistrate or governor of a county (縣) during early days of the Republic of China

   • 農民的權力在鄉間初漲起來的時候，縣知事和土豪劣紳是勾結一起共同對付農民的。 [MSC, trad.]
     农民的权力在乡间初涨起来的时候，县知事和土豪劣绅是勾结一起共同对付农民的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Nóngmín de quánlì zài xiāngjiān chū zhǎng qǐlái de shíhou, xiànzhīshì hé tǔháolièshēn shì gōujié yīqǐ gòngtóng duìfu nóngmín de. [Pinyin]

     When the power of the peasants was just beginning to make itself felt in the countryside, the magistrate worked in league with the local tyrants and evil gentry against the peasants.

Synonyms

• 縣長／县长 (xiànzhǎng)