首相

Chinese
 
head; chief; first (occasion)
head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
 
each other; appearance; portrait
each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
simp. and trad.
(首相)		 首 相
Literally: “highest chancellor”.

Etymology

Modern usage are influenced by English prime minister

Pronunciation

Noun

首相

  1. prime minister
  2. (archaic, historical, Song dynasty) highest level chancellor
    是時眾中惟首相王珪因奏延安郡王當為皇太子，餘人無語。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    是时众中惟首相王珪因奏延安郡王当为皇太子，余人无语。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: 宋·邵博《聞見後錄》卷二
    Shì shí zhòng zhōng wéi shǒuxiàng Wáng Guī yīn zòu Yán'ān Jùnwáng dāng wèi huángtàizǐ, yú rén wúyǔ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this example)

Usage notes

For the difference between 首相 and 總理, see the usage notes of 總理／总理 (zǒnglǐ).

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
首 相
しゅ
Grade: 2		 しょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しゅしょー [shùshóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨᵝɕo̞ː]

Noun

首(しゅ)相(しょう) • (shushō) ←しゆしやう (syusyau)?

  1. a prime minister; a chancellor
    ドイツの首(しゅ)相(しょう)
    Doitsu no Shushō
    Chancellor of Germany

Derived terms
  • 副首相
  • 首相官邸
  • 首相兼外相
  • 元首相
  • 連邦首相

References
  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō

Korean
Hanja in this term
首相

Noun

首相 • (susang) (hangeul 수상)

  1. Hanja form? of 수상 (“prime minister; chancellor”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
首相

Noun

首相

  1. chữ Hán form of thủ tướng (“prime minister”).
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