總理

See also: 総理 and 总理

Chinese

		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)		總	理
simp. (总理)		总	理

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǒnglǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung² lei⁵
Min Nan (POJ): chóng-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǒnglǐ [Phonetic: zónglǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoonglii
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung² lei⁵
  - Yale: júng léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung² lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung² léi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³⁵ lei̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóng-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tsóng-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zofnglie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li⁴¹/

Noun

總理

premier; prime minister; president
周總理 / 周总理 ― Zhōu Zǒnglǐ ― Premier Zhou

Usage notes

The translation of prime minster in Chinese varies according to the country in question. For example, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, Japan and Belgium is translated as 首相 (shǒuxiàng), while the prime minister of members of the Commonwealth of Nations (other than the UK) and Thailand is translated as 總理／总理 (zǒnglǐ), the same term used to refer to the premier of the People's Republic of China.

Descendants

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