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

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

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”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いいんちょー [ìíꜜǹchòò] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [iĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

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

committee chairman

Related terms

委(い)員(いん) (iin)
委(い)員(いん)会(かい) (iinkai)

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)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
委	員	長

Noun

委員長

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