縣太爺

Chinese

		a district; county	paternal grandfather; head of the house
trad. (縣太爺)		縣	太爺
simp. (县太爷)		县	太爷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàntàiyé

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàntàiyé
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàntàiyé
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-tʻai⁴-yeh²
    • Yale: syàn-tài-yé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianntayye
    • Palladius: сяньтайе (sjanʹtaje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ jɛ³⁵/

Noun

縣太爺

1. (historical, now derogatory or humorous) head of a county; county magistrate