族長

See also: 族长

Chinese

		race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (族長)		族	長
simp. (族长)		族	长

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zúzhǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˊ ㄓㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk⁶ zoeng²
Min Nan (POJ): cho̍k-tiúⁿ / cho̍k-tióⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zúzhǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˊ ㄓㄤˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwujaang
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zuk⁶ zoeng²
  - Yale: juhk jéung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁹ dzoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zug⁶ zêng²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚² t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho̍k-tiúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tso̍k-tiúnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zogdviuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚⁴⁻³² tiũ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔk̚²⁴⁻²² tiũ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho̍k-tióⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tso̍k-tiónn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zogdvioir
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɔ̃⁵³/

Noun

族長

clan elder; head of a clan

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (族長):

→ Japanese: 族長 (ぞくちょう) (zokuchō)
→ Korean: 족장 (族長, jokjang)
→ Vietnamese: tộc trưởng (族長)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
族	長
ぞく Grade: 3	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Sinitic 族長.

Pronunciation

On'yomi
IPA^(key): /zo.ku.t͡ɕo.o/, [zo̞kɯᵝt͡ɕʲo̞ː]

Noun

族長 (hiragana ぞくちょう, rōmaji zokuchō)

the head of a family or clan
a patriarch of ancient Israel, as described in the Bible

Usage notes

Historically, this role has more commonly been filled by a man. However, this word alone is generally not gender-specific, and can refer to either a male or female head of a family. To specify a particular gender, this word may be prefixed with either 女 (onna, “woman”) or 男 (otoko, “man”).

Synonyms

(head of a family): 家 (か)長 (ちょう) (kachō)

Derived terms

族長時代 (ぞくちょうじだい) (Zokuchō Jidai): the Patriarchal Age, as described in the Bible