# 長男
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǎngnán
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng$^2$ naam$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chóng-nàm
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tióng-lâm
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎngnán
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎngnán
*** Wade–Giles: chang$^3$-nan$^2$
*** Yale: jǎng-nán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangnan
*** Palladius: чжаннань (čžannanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zoeng$^2$ naam$^4$
*** Yale: jéung nàahm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng$^2$ naam$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêng$^2$ nam$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœːŋ³⁵ naːm²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-nàm
*** Hakka Romanization System: zong$^ˋ$ nam$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zong$^3$ nam$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ nam¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tióng-lâm
*** Tâi-lô: tióng-lâm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diofnglaam
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lam²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lam²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lam¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lam²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lam²³/

### Noun

長男
* eldest son

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 長子, 長男, 家督 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 長子, 長男 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 大兒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 大兒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 大兒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 大兒, 大兒子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 大兒郎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 大兒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 大娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 大兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 大尕娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 大兒子, 大兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 大兒子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 大兒子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 大兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 大兒子, 大兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 大兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 大兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 大崽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 大兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 大兒子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 大仔, 頭長仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 大仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 大仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 大崽 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 大崽 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 大崽, 大倈, 大倈牯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 大倈仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 長頭仔 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 大倈 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 大倈子 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 大倈子 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 大仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 大子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 大倈仔, 大漢個, 大貨仔, 長子 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 長子 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 大倈仔, 大漢個, 大貨仔, 長子 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 長子 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 長子 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 大後生 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 大兒子, 長子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 大小子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 大兒, 大小子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 大囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 大囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 大囝, 大後生, 大漢囝, 大漢後生 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 大囝, 大後生, 大漢囝, 大漢後生 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 大囝, 大後生, 大漢囝, 大漢後生 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 大囝, 大漢囝, 大漢後生 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 序大後生 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 大囝, 大漢囝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 大漢囝, 序大後生 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 大囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 大囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 大囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 大囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 大崽 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 大兒子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 大兒子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 大兒子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 大兒子, 大鬼 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 大兒子, 當大兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 大兒子, 當大兒子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 當大兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 大兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 大崽 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 大崽 |

#### See also

* 長女／长女 (zhǎngnǚ)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 長 | 男 |
| ちょう Grade: 2 | なん Grade: 1 |
| goon ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ちょーなん [chóꜜònàǹ] (Atamadaka –)
* (Tokyo) ちょーなん [chòónáꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [t͡ɕo̞ːnã̠ɴ]

### Noun

長(ちょう)男(なん) • (chōnan)
* the eldest of all of a family's sons

#### Related terms

| | son | daughter | child (rare) |
| one's first | 長(ちょう)男(なん) (chōnan), 一(いち)男(なん) (ichinan), 長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi) | 長(ちょう)女(じょ) (chōjo), 一(いち)女(じょ) (ichijo) | 長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi) |
| one's second | 次(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 二(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 次(じ)子(し) (jishi) | 次(じ)女(じょ) (jijo), 二(じ)女(じょ) (jijo) | 次(じ)子(し) (jishi) |
| one's third | 三(さん)男(なん) (sannan) | 三(さん)女(じょ) (sanjo) | - |

### References

* ↑ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 長 | 男 |

### Noun

長男 • (jangnam) (hangeul 장남)
* hanja form of 장남 (“eldest son”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 長 | 男 |

### Noun

長男
* chữ Hán form of trưởng nam (“eldest son”).