# 校長
## Chinese

* 校長 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 校長 (Cantonese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiàozhǎng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄤˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): haau$^6$ zoeng$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hau$^5$ ziang$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): káu-chóng
    (Hailu, HRS): gau$^ˊ$ zhong$^ˊ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hāu-tiúⁿ / hāu-tióⁿ / hāu-tiáuⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hao$^6$ ziang$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yau-tsan
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàozhǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàojhǎng
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^4$-chang$^3$
*** Yale: syàu-jǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiawjaang
*** Palladius: сяочжан (sjaočžan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haau$^6$ zoeng$^2$
*** Yale: haauh jéung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haau$^6$ dzoeng$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hao$^6$ zêng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːu̯²² t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hau$^5$ ziang$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hau³² t͡siaŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: káu-chóng
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau$^ˋ$ zong$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gau$^3$ zong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau̯³¹ t͡soŋ³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau$^ˊ$ zhong$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau²⁴⁻³³ t͡ʃoŋ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-tiúⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: hāu-tiúnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hauxdviuo
*** IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ tiũ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /hau⁴¹⁻²² tiũ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ tiũ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Singapore): /hau²²⁻²¹ tiũ⁴²/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hau²²⁻²¹ tiũ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-tióⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: hāu-tiónn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hauxdvioir
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ tiɔ̃⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-tiáuⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: hāu-tiáunn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hauxdviao
*** IPA (Penang): /hau²¹ tiãu⁴⁴⁵/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hao$^6$ ziang$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hău tsiáng
*** Sinological IPA : /hau³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siaŋ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yau-tsan
*** MiniDict: yau$^去$ tsan
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhiau-tsan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɔ²² t͡sã⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: haewH trjangX
Rime :
| Character | 校 | 長 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 胡敎切 | 知丈切 |
| Baxter | haewH | trjangX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦˠau$^H$/ | /ʈɨɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦᵚau$^H$/ | /ʈiɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣau$^H$/ | /ȶiɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦaɨw$^H$/ | /ʈɨaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣau$^H$/ | /ȶiaŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣau$^H$/ | /ȶĭaŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣau$^H$/ | /ȶi̯aŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiào | zhǎng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | haau$^6$ | zoeng$^2$ |

### Noun

校長
* principal (of a school); headteacher (Classifier: 位)
       Tā bèi rènmìng wéi xiàozhǎng. [Pinyin]
       She was appointed principal.
       Jiēxiàlái, yǒuqǐng wǒmen de xiàozhǎng fābiǎo yǎnjiǎng. [Pinyin]
       Next, we invite our principal to give a speech.
    From: 《清稗類鈔·貞烈類 ·鄭紫綸為尼以全貞》 (Anthology of Petty Qing Matters)
    Zǐlún zhé lǐnrán wúyán, wéi shí gào xiàozhǎng, yù qiān chū. Xiàozhǎng bù yì, qí zǐ yòu zàisān fùjīng yú qián, yúshì zàn zhǐ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* president (of a school or university) (Classifier: 位)
    From: 1925: 魯迅 (Lu Xun) 《女校長的男女的夢》
    Qǐng nán xúnjǐng lái bāng de, mòfēi shì nǚ xúnjǐng? Gěi nǚ xiàozhǎng dàibǐ de, mòfēi shì nán xiàozhǎng me? [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (ancient China) leader of a soldier division
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Yuè xiè yuē: “Chén lǎo, zhū jūn qiáng yǐ wéi zhǎng. Jīn qī ér duō hòu, bùkě jìn zhū, zhū zuìhòu zhě yīrén.” Lìng xiàozhǎng zhǎn zhī. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5th century CE
    Zhǎng shǒu líng yuán, àn xíng sǎochú. Chéng jí xiàozhǎng gè yīrén. Běn zhù yuē: xiàozhǎng, zhǔ bīngróng dàozéi shì. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 校長(こうちょう) (kōchō)
* → Korean: 교장(校長) (gyojang)
* → Vietnamese: hiệu trưởng (校長)

### Proper noun

校長
* (colloquial) Alan Tam (Cantopop singer)

### References

* “校長”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 校 | 長 |
| こう Grade: 1 | ちょう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

Sino-Japanese word from 校(こう) (kō, “school”) + 長(ちょう) (chō, “chief”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ko̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

### Noun

校(こう)長(ちょう) • (kōchō)
* principal or headteacher of a school

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 校 | 長 |

### Noun

校長 • (gyojang) (hangeul 교장)
* hanja form of 교장 (“principal or headteacher of a school”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 校 | 長 |

### Noun

校長
* chữ Hán form of hiệu trưởng (“principal or headteacher of a school”).