光桿司令

Chinese

			commander; commanding officer; commandant
trad. (光桿司令)		光桿	司令
simp. (光杆司令)		光杆	司令

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānggǎn sīlìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄍㄢˇ ㄙ ㄌㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānggǎn sīlìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄍㄢˇ ㄙ ㄌㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanggǎn sihlìng
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹-kan³ ssŭ¹-ling⁴
    • Yale: gwāng-gǎn sz̄-lìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanggaan sylinq
    • Palladius: гуангань сылин (guanganʹ sylin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ liŋ⁵¹/

Noun

光桿司令

1. commander without any soldiers
2. (figurative) leader without a team