議長

See also: 议长

Chinese

		criticize; discuss	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (議長)		議	長
simp. (议长)		议	长

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yìzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ zoeng²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gī-tiúⁿ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni-tsan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-chang³
  - Yale: yì-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihjaang
  - Palladius: ичжан (ičžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ zoeng²
  - Yale: yíh jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ zêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī-tiúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: gī-tiúnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gixdviuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡi³³⁻¹¹ tiũ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡi³³⁻²¹ tiũ⁴¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gni-tsan
  - MiniDict: nyi^去 tsan
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi-tsan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²² t͡sã⁴⁴/

Noun

議長

chairman (person presiding over a meeting); speaker (in a parliament)

See also

首相 (shǒuxiàng)
宰相 (zǎixiàng), 丞相 (chéngxiàng)
主席 (zhǔxí)
總理／总理 (zǒnglǐ)
總統／总统 (zǒngtǒng)
閣揆／阁揆 (gékuí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
議	長
ぎ Grade: 4	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

議 (“discussion”) +‎ 長 (“head”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぎちょー [gíꜜchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɡʲit͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

議(ぎ)長(ちょう) • (gichō)

chairman (person presiding over a meeting), speaker (in a parliament)
歳出削減案(さいしゅつさくげんあん)について議長(ぎちょう)から提案(ていあん)があった。
Saishutsu sakugen an ni tsuite gichō kara teian ga atta.
The chair decided to discuss budget cuts.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
議	長

Noun

議長 • (uijang) (hangeul 의장)

hanja form^? of 의장 (“chairperson; speaker”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
議	長

Noun

議長

chữ Hán form of nghị trưởng (“chairperson; speaker”)