# 總統
## Chinese

* 總統 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 總統 (Cantonese)
* 總統 (Classical)
* 總統 (Gan)
* Chúng-thúng (Hakka)
* Cūng-tūng (Eastern Min)
* 總統 (Southern Min)
* 總統 (Wu)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Native or borrowed from Japanese?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zǒngtǒng
       (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зунтун (zuntun, I-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zung$^2$ tung$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chúng-thúng
    (Hailu, HRS): zung$^ˊ$ tung$^ˊ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cūng-tūng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chóng-thóng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zong$^2$ tong$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tson-thon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zǒngtǒng [Phonetic: zóngtǒng]
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zǒngtǒng
*** Wade–Giles: tsung$^3$-tʻung$^3$
*** Yale: dzǔng-tǔng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoongtoong
*** Palladius: цзунтун (czuntun)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зунтун (zuntun, I-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suŋ²⁴ tʰuŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zung$^2$ tung$^2$
*** Yale: júng túng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzung$^2$ tung$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zung$^2$ tung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chúng-thúng
*** Hakka Romanization System: zung$^ˋ$ tung$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zung$^3$ tung$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ³¹ tʰuŋ³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zung$^ˊ$ tung$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻³³ tʰuŋ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cūng-tūng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suŋ³³⁻³⁵ $^{(tʰ-)}$nuŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóng-thóng
*** Tâi-lô: tsóng-thóng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zofngtorng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰɔŋ⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zong$^2$ tong$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsóng thóng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡soŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰoŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tson-thon
*** MiniDict: tson$^去$ thon
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tson-thon
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soŋ³³ tʰoŋ⁴⁴/

### Noun

總統
* president (of a republic)
    候任總統／候任总统 ― hòurèn zǒngtǒng ― president-elect
* (historical, military) commander-in-chief
    Synonym: 統帥／统帅 (tǒngshuài)

#### Synonyms

* (dated) 伯理璽天德／伯理玺天德 (bólǐxǐtiāndé)
* (dated) 大總統／大总统 (dàzǒngtǒng)

#### Derived terms

* 副總統／副总统 (fùzǒngtǒng)
* 半總統制／半总统制 (bàn zǒngtǒngzhì)
* 大總統／大总统 (dàzǒngtǒng)
* 總統制／总统制 (zǒngtǒngzhì)
* 總統套房／总统套房 (zǒngtǒng tàofáng)
* 總統府／总统府 (zǒngtǒngfǔ)
* 總統直選／总统直选
* 總統蔣公誕辰紀念日／总统蒋公诞辰纪念日
* 總統蔣公逝世紀念日／总统蒋公逝世纪念日 (Zǒngtǒng Jiǎng Gōng Shìshì Jìniànrì)
* 美國總統報復權／美国总统报复权
* 臭頭仔嘛會做皇帝，做總統你嘛有機會／臭头仔嘛会做皇帝，做总统你嘛有机会
* 非常總統／非常总统

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 総(そう)統(とう) (sōtō)
* → Korean: 총통(總統) (chongtong)
* → Vietnamese: tổng thống (總統)
Others:
* → Tibetan: ཙུང་ཐུང (tsung thung)
* → Zhuang: cungjdungj

#### See also

* 首相 (shǒuxiàng)
* 議長／议长 (yìzhǎng)
* 宰相 (zǎixiàng), 丞相 (chéngxiàng)
* 主席 (zhǔxí)
* 總理／总理 (zǒnglǐ)
* 閣揆／阁揆 (gékuí)

## Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 總統 – see the following entry. :
| 【総統そうとう】 | [noun] [from 1869] (archaic) general control over something; a person or official position with such control [noun] [from roughly 1912] (government, politics, uncommon, China) president [noun] [from 1930s?] (government, politics) generalissimo (such as Benito Mussolini of Italy), caudillo (such as Francisco Franco of Spain) [noun] [from 1934] (historical) the Führer — Adolf Hitler as the chancellor of Nazi Germany [verb] [from 1869] (archaic) to have or exercise general control over something |
(This term, 總統, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 總 | 統 |

### Noun

總統 • (chongtong) (hangeul 총통)
* hanja form of 총통 (“president”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 總 | 統 |

### Noun

總統
* chữ Hán form of tổng thống (“president”).