縣長

See also: 县长

Chinese

		a district; county	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (縣長)		縣	長
simp. (县长)		县	长

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縣長

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiànzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁶ zoeng²
Gan (Wiktionary): xien⁵ zong³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yen-chóng / yan-chóng

(Hailu, HRS): rhan^ˇ zhong^ˊ
Eastern Min (BUC): gâing-diōng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kūiⁿ-tiúⁿ / koān-tiúⁿ / koāiⁿ-tiúⁿ / koān-tióⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): guin⁷ ziang²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiànzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siànjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-chang³
  - Yale: syàn-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannjaang
  - Palladius: сяньчжан (sjanʹčžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁶ zoeng²
  - Yale: yuhn jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁶ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁶ zêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²² t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: xien⁵ zong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛn¹¹ t͡sɔŋ²¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yen-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ien zong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯en⁵⁵ t͡soŋ³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yan-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian zong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan⁴ zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an⁵⁵ t͡soŋ³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhan^ˇ zhong^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒan¹¹ t͡ʃoŋ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gâing-diōng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛiŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t-)nuoŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kūiⁿ-tiúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kuīnn-tiúnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvuixdviuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuĩ⁴¹⁻²² tiũ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koān-tiúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kuān-tiúnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koaxndviuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan³³⁻²¹ tiũ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuan³³⁻¹¹ tiũ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koāiⁿ-tiúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kuāinn-tiúnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvoaixdviuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuãi²²⁻²¹ tiũ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koān-tióⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kuān-tiónn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koaxndvioir
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan²²⁻²¹ tiɔ̃⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guin⁷ ziang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kūiⁿ tsiáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kũĩ¹¹ t͡siaŋ⁵²/

Noun

縣長

head of a county; county magistrate

Synonyms

(historical) 縣令／县令 (xiànlìng)
(historical) 知縣／知县 (zhīxiàn)