院長 in Japanese

IPA: [ĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː] Forms: 院長 ^ [canonical] (ruby: 院(いん), 長(ちょう)), inchō [romanization], intyau [romanization], いんちやう [hiragana, historical] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From 院(いん) (in, “institution”) + 長(ちょう) (chō, “chief, head, leader”). 院(いん) (in) is short for 病(びょう)院(いん) (byōin, “hospital”) in sense 1 and 学(がく)院(いん) (gakuin, “academy”) in sense 2. Etymology templates: {{ja-com|院|いん|長|ちょう|t1=institution|t2=chief, head, leader}} 院(いん) (in, “institution”) + 長(ちょう) (chō, “chief, head, leader”), {{ja-r|院|いん}} 院(いん) (in), {{ja-r|病%院|びょう%いん|hospital}} 病(びょう)院(いん) (byōin, “hospital”), {{ja-r|学%院|がく%いん|academy}} 学(がく)院(いん) (gakuin, “academy”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|いんちょう|hist=いんちやう}} 院(いん)長(ちょう) • (inchō) ^(←いんちやう (intyau)?)

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      "form": "intyau",
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      "other": "いんちょー"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]"
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      "ipa": "[ĩɲ̟t͡ɕo̞ː]"
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"院長" meaning in Japanese

Noun