特首

Chinese

		special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (特首)		特	首
simp. #(特首)		特	首

Etymology

Short for 特區首長／特区首长 (tèqū shǒuzhǎng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tèshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tia̍k-siú / te̍k-siú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tèshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tèshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴-shou³
    • Yale: tè-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehshoou
    • Palladius: тэшоу (tɛšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak⁶ sau²
    • Yale: dahk sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg⁶ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚² sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k-siú
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍k-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diagsiuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴⁻² siu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-siú
    • Tâi-lô: ti̍k-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: degsiuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² siu⁵³/

Noun

特首

1. Chief Executive (of China's Special Administrative Regions)

Synonyms

• 行政長官／行政长官 (xíngzhèng zhǎngguān)