# 部長
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bùzhǎng
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bou$^6$ zoeng$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phu-chóng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-tiúⁿ / pō͘-tióⁿ / pǒ͘-tiúⁿ / pō͘-tiáuⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bou$^6$ ziang$^2$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$bu-tsan$_5$ / $^4$bu-tsan$_3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bùzhǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bùjhǎng
*** Wade–Giles: pu$^4$-chang$^3$
*** Yale: bù-jǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhjaang
*** Palladius: бучжан (bučžan)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bou$^6$ zoeng$^2$
*** Yale: bouh jéung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bou$^6$ dzoeng$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bou$^6$ zêng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pou̯²² t͡sœːŋ³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phu-chóng
*** Hakka Romanization System: pu zong$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pu$^4$ zong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰu⁵⁵ t͡soŋ³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-tiúⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: pōo-tiúnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poxdviuo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ tiũ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Singapore): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ tiũ⁴²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ tiũ⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ tiũ⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-tióⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: pōo-tiónn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poxdvioir
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ tiɔ̃⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǒ͘-tiúⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: pǒo-tiúnn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ²² tiũ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-tiáuⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: pōo-tiáunn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poxdviao
*** IPA (Penang): /pɔ²¹ tiãu⁴⁴⁵/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bou$^6$ ziang$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pŏu tsiáng
*** Sinological IPA : /pou³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siaŋ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$bu-tsan$_5$
*** MiniDict: bu$^去$ tsan$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$bu-tsan$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bu²² t͡sã⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^4$bu-tsan$_3$
*** MiniDict: bu$^上$ tsan$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /bu²² t͡sã¹³/

### Noun

部長
* head of department; section chief
* minister; secretary
    內政部長／内政部长 ― nèizhèng bùzhǎng ― interior minister
* (Cantonese) captain (supervisor) in a Chinese restaurant
* (Penang Hokkien) Prime Minister

#### Synonyms

* (minister): (for monarchies) 大臣 (dàchén)

#### Derived terms

* 不管部長／不管部长 (bùguǎn bùzhǎng)
* 副部長／副部长 (fùbùzhǎng)
* 司法部長／司法部长 (sīfǎ bùzhǎng)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 部(ぶ)長(ちょう) (buchō)
* → Korean: 부장(部長) (bujang)
* → Vietnamese: bộ trưởng (部長)
* → Indonesian: potia

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 部 | 長 |
| ぶ Grade: 3 | ちょう Grade: 2 |

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぶちょー [bùchóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [bɯ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]

### Noun

部(ぶ)長(ちょう) • (buchō)
* A department chief within a company; analogous to a vice president in an American company.
* The head/leader of a 部 (bu) – division, school club, etc.

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 部 | 長 |

### Noun

部長 • (bujang) (hangeul 부장)
* hanja form of 부장 (“head of department”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 部 | 長 |

### Noun

部長
* chữ Hán form of bộ trưởng (“minister”).