族長

See also: 族长

Chinese

		race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (族長)		族	長
simp. (族长)		族	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zúzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˊ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk⁶ zoeng²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cho̍k-tiúⁿ / cho̍k-tióⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zúzhǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˊ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zújhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tsu²-chang³
    • Yale: dzú-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwujaang
    • Palladius: цзучжан (czučžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk⁶ zoeng²
    • Yale: juhk jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁹ dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug⁶ zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚² t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho̍k-tiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tso̍k-tiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zogdviuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚²⁴⁻² tiũ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho̍k-tióⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tso̍k-tiónn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zogdvioir
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɔ̃⁵³/

Noun

族長

1. clan elder; head of a clan

Related terms

• 酋長／酋长 (qiúzhǎng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (族長):

• → Japanese: 族長(ぞくちょう) (zokuchō)
• → Korean: 족장(族長) (jokjang)
• → Vietnamese: tộc trưởng (族長)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
族	長
ぞく Grade: 3	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Sinitic 族長／族长 (zúzhǎng).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): /zo.ku.t͡ɕo.o/, [zo̞kɯᵝt͡ɕʲo̞ː]

Noun

族(ぞく)長(ちょう) • (zokuchō) 

1. the head of a family or clan
2. a patriarch of ancient Israel, as described in the Bible

Usage notes

Historically, this role has more commonly been filled by a man. However, this word alone is generally not gender-specific, and can refer to either a male or female head of a family. To specify a particular gender, this word may be prefixed with either 女 (onna, “woman”) or 男 (otoko, “man”).

Synonyms

• (head of a family): 家長(かちょう) (kachō)

Derived terms

• 族長時代(ぞくちょうじだい) (Zokuchō Jidai): the Patriarchal Age, as described in the Bible

See also

• 女族長(おんなぞくちょう) (onna zokuchō): a matriarch, a female head of a family or clan
• 男族長(おとこぞくちょう) (otoko zokuchō): a patriarch, a male head of a family or clan
• 女家長(おんなかちょう) (onna kachō): a matriarch, a female head of a house or household
• 男家長(おとこかちょう) (otoko kachō): a patriarch, a male head of a house or household