粵

長zoeng2官gun1

simp长官
zoeng2 gun1zhǎng guān

English

  1. senior official
  2. senior officer
  3. commanding officer
  4. sir (term of address for senior officer)
  5. senior officer or official; commanding officer

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 高級官員;軍中排行比自己高嘅軍官

Examples

  • 是的,長官。

    Aye aye, sir.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 我做不到,长官。

    I can't do that, sir.

    Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

  • 我認識了這位行政長官。

    I got acquainted with the chief executive.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • FSI人員:"長官,有一個網站,任何人都可以加上一個外國語言的句子!"。FSI主席:"什麼? 炸掉他們!"。

    FSI officer: "Sir, there is a website where ANYONE can add a sentence in a foreign language!". FSI president: "What?! Bomb them!".

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 行政長官

    the Chief Executive

  • 長官意志

    steamrollering; leader's will

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

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