首領

See also: 首领

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	neck; collar; to lead neck; collar; to lead; to receive
trad. (首領)		首	領
simp. (首领)		首	领

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒulǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² ling⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-léng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒulǐng [Phonetic: shóulǐng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒulǐng
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-ling³
    • Yale: shǒu-lǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouliing
    • Palladius: шоулин (šoulin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² ling⁵
    • Yale: sáu líhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² ling⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² ling⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ lɪŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-léng
    • Tâi-lô: siú-líng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siwleang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɪŋ⁴¹/

Noun

首領

1. leader (person that leads or directs); chief; boss; head
2. (literary) one's head and neck; one's life

Synonyms

• (leader):

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• 大佬 (dàlǎo)
• 波士
• 老大 (lǎodà)
• 老頂 / 老顶
• 阿head
• 阿大 (ādà)
• 阿頭 / 阿头
• 領導 / 领导 (lǐngdǎo)
• 領導人 / 领导人 (lǐngdǎorén)
• 領導者 / 领导者 (lǐngdǎozhě)
• 領袖 / 领袖 (lǐngxiù)
• 領頭 / 领头 (lǐngtóu) (literary)
• 頭 / 头
• 頭仔 / 头仔 (Hakka)
• 頭兒 / 头儿 (tóur) (colloquial)
• 頭子 / 头子 (tóuzi) (colloquial, pejorative)
• 頭目 / 头目 (tóumù)
• 頭頭 / 头头 (tóutou) (colloquial)
• 首腦 / 首脑 (shǒunǎo)
• 首要 (shǒuyào)
• 龍頭 / 龙头 (lóngtóu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (首領):

• → Japanese: 首(しゅ)領(りょう) (shuryō)
• → Korean: 수령(首領) (suryeong)
• → Vietnamese: thủ lĩnh (首領)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
首	領
しゅ Grade: 2	りょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕɨɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

首(しゅ)領(りょう) • (shuryō) 

1. head, leader

Korean

Hanja in this term
首	領

Noun

首領 • (suryeong) (hangeul 수령)

1. hanja form^? of 수령 (“leader”)

Vietnamese

Noun

首領

1. chữ Hán form of thủ lĩnh (“leader; chief”).