船長

See also: 船长

Chinese

		a boat; vessel; ship	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (船長)		船	長
simp. (船长)		船	长

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuánzhǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄓㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun⁴ zoeng²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sòn-chóng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chûn-tiúⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuánzhǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄓㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuánjhǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan²-chang³
    • Yale: chwán-jǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwanjaang
    • Palladius: чуаньчжан (čuanʹčžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun⁴ zoeng²
    • Yale: syùhn jéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn⁴ dzoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun⁴ zêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn²¹ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sòn-chóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: son^ˇ zong^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: son² zong³
    • Sinological IPA: /son¹¹ t͡soŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûn-tiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsûn-tiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zundviuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sun²⁴⁻¹¹ tiũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun²⁴⁻²² tiũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sun²³⁻³³ tiũ⁴¹/

Noun

船長

1. a sea captain

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (船長):

• → Japanese: 船(せん)長(ちょう) (senchō)
• → Korean: 선장(船長) (seonjang)
• → Vietnamese: thuyền trưởng (船長)

Japanese

FWOTD – 5 April 2022

Kanji in this term
船	長
せん Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology 1

船(せん) (sen, “ship”) + 長(ちょう) (chō, “head”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せんちょー [séꜜǹchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

船(せん)長(ちょう) • (senchō) ^{←せんちやう (sentyau)?}

1. a sea captain
   • 2017 September 29, “板(いた)歩(ある)きの刑(けい) [Walk the Plank]”, in イクサラン [Ixalan], Wizards of the Coast:

     船(せん)長(ちょう)ブランディスが船(ふね)を艦(かん)隊(たい)に加(くわ)えるときには、その船(ふね)の船(せん)員(いん)に簡(かん)単(たん)な選(せん)択(たく)肢(し)を示(しめ)す。従(したが)うか、海(うみ)に落(お)ちるか。

     Senchō Burandisu ga fune o kantai ni kuwaeru toki ni wa, sono fune no sen'in ni kantan na sentakushi o shimesu. Shitagau ka, umi ni ochiru ka.

     When Captain Brandis adds a new ship to his fleet, he gives the crew a simple choice. Follow him, or fall in the sea.

See also

• キャプテン (kyaputen)
• 　大(たい)佐(さ) (taisa, “naval captain”)
• 　大(たい)尉(い) (taī, “army/air captain”)

Etymology 2

船 (sen, “ship”) +‎ 長 (chō, “length”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せんちょー [sèńchóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

船(せん)長(ちょう) • (senchō) ^{←せんちやう (sentyau)?}

1. the length of a ship

Korean

Hanja in this term
船	長

Noun

船長 • (seonjang) (hangeul 선장)

1. hanja form^? of 선장 (“sea captain”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
船	長

Noun

船長

1. chữ Hán form of thuyền trưởng (“sea captain”).