特首

Chinese

		special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (特首)		特	首
simp. ^#(特首)		特	首

Etymology

Short for 特區首長／特区首长 (tèqū shǒuzhǎng).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tèshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶ sau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tia̍k-siú / te̍k-siú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tèshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tèshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴-shou³
  - Yale: tè-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehshoou
  - Palladius: тэшоу (tɛšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak⁶ sau²
  - Yale: dahk sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg⁶ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚² sɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k-siú
  - Tâi-lô: tia̍k-siú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diagsiuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴⁻² siu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-siú
  - Tâi-lô: ti̍k-siú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: degsiuo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siu⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² siu⁵³/

Noun

特首

Chief Executive (of China's Special Administrative Regions)

Synonyms

行政長官／行政长官 (xíngzhèng zhǎngguān)