ちょう
Meanings
Noun
1. head; chief; leader; elder
Although I am called a chief, I have no other subordinates, you know.
2. merit; strong point
3. superiority
4. major
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (307 in total)
long hit; slugging; extra-base hit
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
section manager; section chief
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
patriarch; head of a family
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
shop manager
leader of a group
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
station master
company president; manager; director
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
sighing deeply; giving a deep sigh
head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
wavelength
dormitory leader; dormitory superintendent
long life
general secretary (of a party, union, etc.); secretary-general; chief secretary
long talk; long-winded speech
shift supervisor
head of the student council; president of the student council
board chairman; managing director; chief director
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
long distance; long haul; long-distance race
full length; total length; overall length
head chef; master chef
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
corps commander
long life; longevity; long-lived; long-running (e.g. TV program)
grand chamberlain
long way
dolichocephaly
president (of a society); chairman
village headman; village mayor
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
captain (of a warship)
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
secretary (government); director; chief
long time; several hours; long spell
president (of a university); vice-chancellor; secretary-general; director; leader (esp. of a biker gang)
bureau director; office chief
deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
Chōshū; (former) Nagato Province
editor-in-chief
long hair (usu. of a man)
squad leader; group leader; team leader
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
chief (of police); head (of office)
head of a family; patriarch; matriarch
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
long-term
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
presiding judge
division commander
general manager; director-general
long journey; long trip
length (of an animal); body length
platoon commander; section commander
branch manager; manager of a branch office
rectangle; oblong
commanding officer
long period (of time)
eldest brother
manager; purser
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
chief guard; warden
company commander
robe; long garment
battalion commander
teachers, superiors, and men of prominence
master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)
corporal
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
principal of a private school
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
chief of staff
leading private (Imperial Japanese Army); leading seaman (Imperial Japanese Navy)
regimental commander
chairman; leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company
squad leader; divisional officer
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
one's superior; one's elder; one's senior; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person
growth (of a plant)
factory manager; plant superintendent; works manager
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
longevity; eternal life; cycle that can be repeated indefinitely and neither group dies
longest; oldest
class president; head class representative
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
captain (of an aircraft)
(Japanese Imperial Navy) chief warrant-officer
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
medical director; chief physician
leading private (JSDF)
district headman; head county official
head nurse
head patrol officer
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
one's superior; senior; elder
something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle
chief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general
Yangtze River (China); Changjiang River; long river
thinking (about a matter) for a long time; contemplating for a long time; lengthy consideration; pondering
chief engineer
captain (of a midget submarine, torpedo boat, etc.); skipper (of a small boat); coxswain; length of a boat
director of a hospital
class representative; head of class
head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent
school principal; headmaster
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
secretary-general; director-general; executive director; executive secretary
eldest sister; oldest sister
department head; division manager; head of a department
chief of protocol
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
police sergeant
associate editor; deputy editor
dean (of a university faculty)
long (defensive) wall; Great Wall of China
Changsha (China)
head of a monastic institution; abbot; prior; abbess; prioress; mother superior
shock troop commander; spearhead of a shock unit
with profound (and often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
superintendent priest; chief abbot
head chef
head chef; head cook
chief engineer
longhair (e.g. cat)
leader of a special attack unit (esp. kamikaze units in WWII); person who charges in first against opponents (esp. in a bōsōzoku gang)
chief navigator; navigating officer; navigator; sailing master
branch manager
chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section
executive manager
crown (of creation); apex; the best
leader of a cheering group; head cheerleader
Chief Cabinet Secretary
senior executive manager
bandmaster; conductor
tank commander
variable-length
superintendent of education
head of a branch; branch office manager; bureau chief
long snake; long line (of people, etc.)
one's elders or superiors
long (esp. of photographic film); lengthy
chief librarian
wing length (esp. of a bird); wingspan (esp. of an aircraft)
director of a medical clinic
head of a martial arts organization (organisation)
chief factor; chief trader
long stay
deep sigh
long sides of a rectangle
head of personnel department
long night; all night
long sound; prolonged sound; long vowel
superintending prosecutor
long poem
head of a family
long period of time
length of a blade
major axis
combat commander
director (of an observatory)
managing editor; chief editor
chief superintendent (police)
head; chief
the best medicine (i.e. sake)
chairman of (party) policy bureau; policy chief
senior master sergeant (JASDF)
Shōchō era (1428.4.27-1429.9.5)
young and old
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid
patriarch
assistant chief of staff, g2
long operating life; long service life; long life
superior; supervisor
long period of time
ellipse; oval
Tenchō era (824.1.5-834.1.3)
Chōtoku era (995.2.22-999.1.13)
Chōroku era (1457.9.28-1460.12.21)
chairman of executive council (usu. of a party); chairman of the general affairs committee
Chief Cabinet Secretary (1879-1947)
dash (in Morse code)
rapid progress; great strides
long wave
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
major axis; line of apsides; apse line
lengthy lecture
assistant chief of staff, g1
fixed-length
longhorn; longicorn
speaker of the lower house
chairman of board of directors
long-term credit bank; LTCB
assistant chief of staff, g2
long-vowel mark; macron; long note
Chōshō era (1132.8.11-1135.4.27)
Chōkan era (1163.3.29-1165.6.5)
slugging percentage
head of business department
long sword
unproductive growth (of a plant or tree)
Speaker of the House (US, etc.)
chief nurse (in the army)
heads of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
assistant chief of staff, g3
amorous man; henpecked husband
fire captain; fire marshal
Chōgen era (1028.7.25-1037.4.21)
perimeter; circumference
elliptical shape; oval shape
prelate; prior; abbot
long swimming pool lane (50 meters or more)
chief customs inspector
prolate spheroid
major third
major chord; major triad
team leader
captain of a thousand
one's superiors; one's seniors
Chōwa era (1012.12.25-1017.4.23)
Ōchō era (1311.4.28-1312.3.20)
block size; block length
long bone
head palace chef
boatswain; bosun
mountain avens (Dryas octopetala); eightpetal mountain-avens; white dryas; white dryad
albacore (Thunnus alalunga); longfin tuna
military band master
word-length; word size
captain of the guard
most experienced chanko cook in the sumo stable
longhorn; long-horned cattle
longitudinal direction
record length; record size
register length
arc length
effective length
long arc
long precision floating point number
content-length
double length register; double register
impulse response length
semi-major axis
long-term credit bank; LTCB
foot length
China rose (Rosa chinensis)
axial length (of the eye)
crown-rump length; CRL
long shoot
horizontally condensed type; font compressed by width
leg length (welding); length of fillet weld
geminate consonant; geminated consonant
branch manager; branch office head; director of a local chapter
executive committee chairperson; action committee president; executive chairman
Dīgha Nikaya; Collection of Long Discourses
Nagasaki University (abbr)
superior; excellent; outstanding
Examples (4 in total)
An organization falls into disorder without a leader.
Although I am called a chief, I have no other subordinates, you know.
Jim Waller is a strong candidate for the post of sales manager.