院長

See also: 院长

Chinese

courtyard; institution chief; head
trad. (院長)
simp. (院长)

Pronunciation


Noun

院長

  1. director (of an institute); dean (of a college or similar institution); president; department head; leader (of a governmental branch); rector

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いん
Grade: 3
ちょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From (いん) (in, institution) + (ちょう) (chō, chief, head, leader). (いん) (in) is short for (びょう)(いん) (byōin, hospital) in sense 1 and (がく)(いん) (gakuin, academy) in sense 2.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んちょー [íꜜǹchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

(いん)(ちょう) • (inchōいんちやう (intyau)?

  1. director of a hospital
  2. principal or head of an academy or school