班長

Japanese

Kanji in this term
班	長

Etymology

/hantyau/ > /hantyɔː/ > /hantyoː/ [hantɕoː].

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hantɕoː/

Noun

班長 (hiragana はんちょう, romaji hanchō, historical hiragana はんちゃう)

1. a squad leader

Descendants

• honcho

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Mandarin

simpl.		班长
trad.		班長

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ pan˥˥tʂaŋ˨˩˦ ]

Noun

班長 (traditional, Pinyin bānzhǎng, simplified 班长)

1. (Elementary Mandarin) class monitor
2. (Elementary Mandarin) squad leader

References

• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785: