部長

See also: 部长

Chinese

		ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (部長)		部	長
simp. (部长)		部	长

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ zoeng²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phu-chóng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-tiúⁿ / pō͘-tióⁿ / pǒ͘-tiúⁿ / pō͘-tiáuⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): bou⁶ ziang²
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶bu-tsan₅ / ⁴bu-tsan₃

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-chang³
  - Yale: bù-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhjaang
  - Palladius: бучжан (bučžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bou⁶ zoeng²
  - Yale: bouh jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ zêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phu-chóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: pu zong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pu⁴ zong³
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰu⁵⁵ t͡soŋ³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-tiúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pōo-tiúnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poxdviuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ tiũ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ tiũ⁴²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ tiũ⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ tiũ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-tióⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pōo-tiónn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poxdvioir
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ tiɔ̃⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǒ͘-tiúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pǒo-tiúnn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ²² tiũ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-tiáuⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pōo-tiáunn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poxdviao
  - IPA (Penang): /pɔ²¹ tiãu⁴⁴⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bou⁶ ziang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pŏu tsiáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siaŋ⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶bu-tsan₅
  - MiniDict: bu^去 tsan^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bu-tsan₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bu²² t͡sã⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁴bu-tsan₃
  - MiniDict: bu^上 tsan^上
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /bu²² t͡sã¹³/

Noun

部長

head of department; section chief
minister; secretary
內政部長／内政部长 ― nèizhèng bùzhǎng ― interior minister
(Cantonese) captain (supervisor) in a Chinese restaurant
(Penang Hokkien) Prime Minister

Synonyms

(minister): (for monarchies) 大臣 (dàchén)

Derived terms

不管部長 / 不管部长 (bùguǎn bùzhǎng)
副部長 / 副部长 (fùbùzhǎng)
司法部長 / 司法部长 (sīfǎ bùzhǎng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (部長):

→ Japanese: 部(ぶ)長(ちょう) (buchō)
→ Korean: 부장(部長) (bujang)
→ Vietnamese: bộ trưởng (部長)

→ Indonesian: potia

Japanese

Kanji in this term
部	長
ぶ Grade: 3	ちょう Grade: 2

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶちょー [bùchóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

部(ぶ)長(ちょう) • (buchō)

A department chief within a company; analogous to a vice president in an American company.
The head/leader of a 部 (bu) – division, school club, etc.

References

^ 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
部	長

Noun

部長 • (bujang) (hangeul 부장)

hanja form^? of 부장 (“head of department”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
部	長

Noun

部長

chữ Hán form of bộ trưởng (“minister”)

[NHK-1] 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

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