總理

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See also: 総理 and 总理

Chinese[edit]

 
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)
simp. (总理)

Pronunciation[edit]


Noun[edit]

總理

  1. head of government who is not also a head of state, e.g. prime minister, premier, chancellor
    總理总理  ―  Zhōu Zǒnglǐ  ―  Premier Zhou (specifically Zhou Enlai)
  2. director of a certain organization

Usage notes[edit]

總理总理 (zǒnglǐ) is generally used for countries not directly reigned by a monarch (Commonwealth countries like Australia are not considered "directly reigned" in this sense). When a monarch is present, 首相 (shǒuxiàng) is used instead. However, exceptions to this rule exist in mainland China, as in the case for Thailand.

Descendants[edit]

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

See also[edit]

Verb[edit]

總理

  1. to assume overall responsibility for; to be completely in charge of
    總理各國事務衙門 [MSC, trad.]
    总理各国事务衙门 [MSC, simp.]
    zǒnglǐ gèguó shìwù yámén [Pinyin]
    Office for the General Management of Affairs Concerning the Various Countries (the formal name of the late Qing foreign ministry)

Vietnamese[edit]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun[edit]

總理

  1. chữ Hán form of tổng lý (premier, prime minister, general manager).