船長

See also: 船长

Chinese

		a boat; vessel; ship	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (船長)		船	長
simp. (船长)		船	长

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuánzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴ zoeng²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sòn-chóng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chûn-tiúⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuánzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuánjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻuan²-chang³
  - Yale: chwán-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwanjaang
  - Palladius: чуаньчжан (čuanʹčžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun⁴ zoeng²
  - Yale: syùhn jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴ zêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sòn-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: son^ˇ zong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: son² zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /son¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûn-tiúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsûn-tiúnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zundviuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun²⁴⁻¹¹ tiũ⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun²⁴⁻²² tiũ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun²³⁻³³ tiũ⁴¹/

Noun

船長

captain (of a sea vessel); skipper; shipmaster

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (船長):

→ Japanese: 船(せん)長(ちょう) (senchō)
→ Korean: 선장(船長) (seonjang)
→ Vietnamese: thuyền trưởng (船長)

Japanese

FWOTD – 5 April 2022

Kanji in this term
船	長
せん Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology 1

船(せん) (sen, “ship”) + 長(ちょう) (chō, “head”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんちょー [séꜜǹchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

船(せん)長(ちょう) • (senchō) ^{←せんちやう (sentyau)^?}

sea captain, skipper
- 2017 September 29, “板(いた)歩(ある)きの刑(けい) [Walk the Plank]”, in イクサラン [Ixalan], Wizards of the Coast:
  
  船(せん)長(ちょう)ブランディスが船(ふね)を艦(かん)隊(たい)に加(くわ)えるときには、その船(ふね)の船(せん)員(いん)に簡(かん)単(たん)な選(せん)択(たく)肢(し)を示(しめ)す。従(したが)うか、海(うみ)に落(お)ちるか。
  Senchō Burandisu ga fune o kantai ni kuwaeru toki ni wa, sono fune no sen'in ni kantan na sentakushi o shimesu. Shitagau ka, umi ni ochiru ka.
  When Captain Brandis adds a new ship to his fleet, he gives the crew a simple choice. Follow him, or fall in the sea.

See also

キャプテン (kyaputen)
　大(たい)佐(さ) (taisa, “naval captain”)
　大(たい)尉(い) (taī, “army/air captain”)

Etymology 2

船 (sen, “ship”) +‎ 長 (chō, “length”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんちょー [sèńchóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

船(せん)長(ちょう) • (senchō) ^{←せんちやう (sentyau)^?}

the length of a ship

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふなおさ [fùnáꜜòsà] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟na̠o̞sa̠]

Noun

船長(ふなおさ) • (funaosa)

sea captain, skipper

Korean

Hanja in this term
船	長

Noun

船長 • (seonjang) (hangeul 선장)

hanja form^? of 선장 (“sea captain”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
船	長

Noun

船長

chữ Hán form of thuyền trưởng (“sea captain”)