司長 (si1 zoeng2 | si1 zhang3) : principal secretary

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司長

si1 zoeng2

si1 zhang3

principal secretary - the three principal secretaries of the Hongkong Government, viz. Chief Secretary for Administration, Financial Secretary, and Secretary for Justice

In the HK government hierarchy, the Chief Secretary for Administration, the Financial Secretary, and the Secretary for Justice rank 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively immediately after the Chief Executive. Other secretaries lower in the hierarchy are called 局長.

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

司長 / 司长

This word has been viewed 1618 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 18th Oct 2005 21:55 and last edited on 24th Apr 2010 01:57

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Characters in this word:

司 si1 - department; manage, control
長 coeng4 zoeng2 - long; length; forte; grow; older; chief

4 compounds containing this word:

財政司司長 - Financial Secretary
政務司司長 - Chief Secretary for Administration
律政司司長 - Secretary for Justice
財政司司長辦公室 - Financial Secretary's Office

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

師長 si1 zoeng2 shi1 zhang3 = teacher; commander

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Decimal representation of this word: 司長

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