粵

部bou6長zoeng2

simp部长
bou6 zoeng2bù zhǎng

English

  1. head of a (government etc) department
  2. section chief
  3. section head
  4. secretary
  5. minister
  6. minister; head of a government department
  7. captain of a Chinese restaurant

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 部門嘅領導(量詞:個)
  2. 中式酒樓經理(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 我係律師28年,海豹守護者28日。 如果我係唯一一個冇犯錯嘅司法部長,就係因為我冇時間。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 汤姆当上了部长。

    Tom became a minister.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 他設法當上了部長。

    He made his way to the minister.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 外交部长是个没主见的人。

    The Foreign Minister was a puppet.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 外交部长称战争在所难免。

    The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.

    Tatoeba · vicch CC BY

  • 部長級官員

    ministerial officials ----

  • 部長,唔該埋單吖!

    (To a captain in a Chinese restaurant) Can I have the bill please.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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