首領

See also: 首领

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	neck; collar; to lead neck; collar; to lead; to receive
trad. (首領)		首	領
simp. (首领)		首	领

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒulǐng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² ling⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-léng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒulǐng [Phonetic: shóulǐng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒulǐng
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-ling³
  - Yale: shǒu-lǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouliing
  - Palladius: шоулин (šoulin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² ling⁵
  - Yale: sáu líhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² ling⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² ling⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ lɪŋ¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-léng
  - Tâi-lô: siú-líng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siwleang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ⁴¹/

Noun

首領

leader (person that leads or directs); chief; boss; head
(literary) one's head and neck; one's life

Synonyms

(leader):

大佬 (dàlǎo)
波士 (bo¹ si^6-2, “boss”) (Cantonese)
老大 (lǎodà)
老頂 / 老顶 (lou⁵ ding²) (Cantonese)
阿head
阿大 (ādà)
阿頭 / 阿头
領導 / 领导 (lǐngdǎo)
領導人 / 领导人 (lǐngdǎorén)
領導者 / 领导者 (lǐngdǎozhě)
領袖 / 领袖 (lǐngxiù)
領頭 / 领头 (lǐngtóu) (literary)
頭 / 头
頭仔 / 头仔 (Hakka)
頭兒 / 头儿 (tóur) (colloquial)
頭子 / 头子 (tóuzi) (colloquial, pejorative)
頭手 / 头手 (Hokkien)
頭目 / 头目 (tóumù)
頭頭 / 头头 (tóutou) (colloquial)
首腦 / 首脑 (shǒunǎo)
首要 (shǒuyào)
龍頭 / 龙头 (lóngtóu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (首領):

→ Japanese: 首(しゅ)領(りょう) (shuryō)
→ Korean: 수령(首領) (suryeong)
→ Vietnamese: thủ lĩnh (首領)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
首	領
しゅ Grade: 2	りょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕɨɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

首(しゅ)領(りょう) • (shuryō)

head, leader

Korean

Hanja in this term
首	領

Noun

首領 • (suryeong) (hangeul 수령)

hanja form^? of 수령 (“leader”)

Vietnamese

Noun

首領

chữ Hán form of thủ lĩnh (“leader; chief”)