See also: 総理 and 总理

Chinese edit

 
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 edit


Noun edit

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 edit

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 in mainland China, as in the case for Thailand.

Descendants edit

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

See also edit

Verb edit

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 edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

總理

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