See also: 総理 and 总理

Chinese

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always; to assemble; gather
always; to assemble; gather; total; overall; head; chief; general; in every case
 
to manage; to heed; to put in order
to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
 
trad. (總理)
simp. (总理)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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總理

  1. head of government who is not also a head of state, e.g. prime minister, premier, chancellor
    總理总理  ―  Zhōu Zǒnglǐ  ―  Premier Zhou (specifically Zhou Enlai)
  2. director of a certain organization

Usage notes

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總理总理 (zǒnglǐ) is generally used for countries not directly reigned by a monarch (Commonwealth countries like Australia are not considered "directly reigned" in this sense). When a monarch is present, 首相 (shǒuxiàng) is used instead. However, exceptions to this rule exist, as in the case for Thailand (chiefly Mainland), Cambodia (chiefly Mainland), Malaysia (chiefly Mainland) and Spain (chiefly Taiwan).

Descendants

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  • Tibetan: ཙུང་ལི (tsung li)
  • Zhuang: cungjlij

See also

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Verb

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總理

  1. to assume overall responsibility for; to be completely in charge of
    總理各國事務衙門 [MSC, trad.]
    总理各国事务衙门 [MSC, simp.]
    zǒnglǐ gèguó shìwù yámén [Pinyin]
    Office for the General Management of Affairs Concerning the Various Countries (the formal name of the late Qing foreign ministry)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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總理

  1. chữ Hán form of tổng lý (premier, prime minister, general manager).