防長

Chinese

		to protect; to defend; to guard (against)	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (防長)		防	長
simp. (防长)		防	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fángzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ zoeng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fángzhǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fángjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: fang²-chang³
    • Yale: fáng-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngjaang
    • Palladius: фанчжан (fančžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong⁴ zoeng²
    • Yale: fòhng jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/

Noun

防長

1. minister of defense

Japanese

Kanji in this term
防	長
ぼう Grade: 5	ちょう Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Proper noun

防(ぼう)長(ちょう) • (Bōchō) 

1. (historical) Suō (周防) and Nagato (長門), corresponding to modern day Yamaguchi prefecture

Synonyms

• 山口(やまぐち) (yamaguchi)