Word Meaning 議長

ぎちょう gichou

議長 is read as ぎちょう (gichou) and means chair.

Meaning

English

  1. chair
  2. chairman
  3. chairperson
  4. speaker (of an assembly)
  5. president (of a council, senate, etc.)

Reading

Kana

ぎちょう

Romaji

gichou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 1696 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

議院運営委員長

ぎいんうんえいいいんちょう

House Steering Committee Chairman

議長国

ぎちょうこく

host country (e.g. for a meeting)

衆議院議長

しゅうぎいんぎちょう

speaker of the lower house

正副議長

せいふくぎちょう

speaker and deputy speaker

副議長

ふくぎちょう

vice-chairman

仮議長

かりぎちょう

acting chairman

国際植物生長物質会議

こくさいしょくぶつせいちょうぶっしつかいぎ

International Plant Growth Substance Association

議会

ぎかい

congress

議員

ぎいん

member of an assembly

議論

ぎろん

argument

議題

ぎだい

topic of discussion

議決

ぎけつ

resolution

Example Sentences

10

かれのはつげんはぎちょうにとめられた。

His remarks were stopped by the chairperson.

The chairman is going to resign.

He acted as chairman.

He was elected chairman.

I was appointed chairperson.

He was elected chairman.

He served as chairman for three years.

He was appointed chairman.

He addressed himself to the chairman.

He acted as chairman.