sau2 zoeng2首長首长
Jyutpingsau2 zoeng2
Yalesáu jéung
Definition
Chief or person in charge, typically of a government department or military unit.
neutralworkpeople
How it's used
This term is formal and typically reserved for high-ranking officials or military leaders. Using it to describe a low-level manager or a team lead sounds overly dramatic or sarcastic. In casual daily settings, people prefer using 阿頭 or 負責人 instead.
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go3個goExamples
This department head is very strict.
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Common mistake
Do not use this to refer to the head of a small business or a project leader, as it carries a sense of official government or institutional authority that would sound unnatural in those contexts.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
