首相

More information head; chief; first (occasion)head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems, each other; appearance; portraiteach other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually ...

Etymology

Modern usage are influenced by English prime minister

Pronunciation

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Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒuxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² soeng³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-siong
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-siòng / siú-siàng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuxiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒusiàng
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: shǒu-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooushianq
  - Palladius: шоусян (šousjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sau² soeng³
  - Yale: sáu seung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² soeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² sêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ sœːŋ³³/
  - Homophones:
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    手相
    首相
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-siong
  - Hakka Romanization System: su^ˋ xiong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su³ xiong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /su³¹ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-siòng
  - Tâi-lô: siú-siòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siwsioxng
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Penang): /siu⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ siɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-siàng
  - Tâi-lô: siú-siàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siwsiaxng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siaŋ²¹/

Noun

首相

prime minister
(archaic, historical, Song dynasty) highest level chancellor
- 是時眾中惟首相王珪因奏延安郡王當為皇太子，餘人無語。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  是时众中惟首相王珪因奏延安郡王当为皇太子，余人无语。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 宋·邵博《聞見後錄》卷二
  Shì shí zhòng zhōng wéi shǒuxiàng Wáng Guī yīn zòu Yán'ān Jùnwáng dāng wèi huángtàizǐ, yú rén wúyǔ. [Pinyin]
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Usage notes

For the difference between 首相 and 總理, see the usage notes of 總理／总理 (zǒnglǐ).

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
simp. and trad. (首相)		首	相
Literally: “highest chancellor”.

首相

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