防長

Chinese

		to protect; to defend; to guard (against)	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (防長)		防	長
simp. (防长)		防	长

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fángzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ zoeng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fángzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fángjhǎng
  - Wade–Giles: fang²-chang³
  - Yale: fáng-jǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngjaang
  - Palladius: фанчжан (fančžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong⁴ zoeng²
  - Yale: fòhng jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ zêng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/

Noun

防長

short for 國防部長／国防部长 (guófáng bùzhǎng, “minister of defense”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
防	長
ぼう Grade: 5	ちょう Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Proper noun

防(ぼう)長(ちょう) • (Bōchō)

(historical) Suō (周防) and Nagato (長門), corresponding to modern day Yamaguchi prefecture

Synonyms

山口(やまぐち) (yamaguchi)