縣署

Chinese

		a district; county	office; bureau
trad. (縣署)		縣	署
simp. (县署)		县	署

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànshǔ, xiànshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˇ, ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-shu³
    • Yale: syàn-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannshuu
    • Palladius: сяньшу (sjanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànshù
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-shu⁴
    • Yale: syàn-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannshuh
    • Palladius: сяньшу (sjanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/

Noun

縣署

1. (historical) county office

   • 這種會議，由縣長召集，在縣署開。 [MSC, trad.]
     这种会议，由县长召集，在县署开。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhè zhǒng huìyì, yóu xiànzhǎng zhàojí, zài xiànshǔ kāi. [Pinyin]

     The council is convened by the magistrate and meets in his office.