主人

Chinese

	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (主人)	主	人
variant forms	主儂／主侬 Min vernacular
anagram	人主

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǔrén

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chú-ngìn
Min Dong (BUC): ciō-nè̤ng
Min Nan (POJ): chú-lâng / chú-lîn / chí-jîn / chú-jîn
Wu (Wiktionary): tsr nyin (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǔrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juuren
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyu² jan⁴
  - Yale: jyú yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ju² yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyː³⁵ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu` nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ ngin²
  - IPA: /t͡su³¹ ɲin¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciō-nè̤ng
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡suo³³⁻²¹ nˡøyŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zwlaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zwliin
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cyjiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑin¹³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zwjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑin²³/

Note: chú-lîn/chí-jîn/chú-jîn - literary.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tsr nyin (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩³³ n̠ʲɪɲ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨo^X ȵiɪn/▼

Rime
Character	主	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	之庾切	如鄰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨo^X/	/ȵiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕio^X/	/ȵin/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕio^X/	/ȵʑjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuə̆^X/	/ȵin/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕio^X/	/ȵiĕn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭu^X/	/ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯u^X/	/ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǔ	rén

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*toʔ ni[ŋ]/

(Zhengzhang): /*tjoʔ njin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	主	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhǔ	rén
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyu^X ›	‹ nyin ›
Old Chinese	/*toʔ/	/*ni[ŋ]/
English	master; host	(other) person
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	主	人
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17618	10800
Phonetic component	主	人
Rime group	侯	眞
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	主	仁
Old Chinese	/*tjoʔ/	/*njin/

Noun

主人

master; owner
host; hostess

Antonyms

(master): 奴隸／奴隶 (núlì)

Derived terms

主人公 (zhǔréngōng)
主人娘
主人家

主人翁 (zhǔrénwēng)
主人頭／主人头
狗無嫌主人散／狗无嫌主人散

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (主人):

→ Japanese: 主 (しゅ)人 (じん) (shujin)
→ Korean: 주인 (主人, ju-in)
→ Vietnamese: chủ nhân (主人)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	人
しゅ Grade: 3	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) しゅじん [shúꜜjìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝʑĩɴ]

Noun

主人 (hiragana しゅじん, rōmaji shujin)

(humble) (one's own) husband (use ご主人 to refer to somebody else's husband)
someone's master
ご主 (しゅ)人 (じん)様 (さま)、ご命 (めい)令 (れい)を。
Go-shujin-sama, go-meirei o.
I await your orders, master.
owner
host or hostess

Synonyms

(husband): 夫 (おっと) (otto, “husband”)

Antonyms

(husband): 妻 (つま) (tsuma, “wife”), 奥 (おく)さん (okusan, “another’s wife”), 家内 (かない) (kanai, “one’s own wife”)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
主	人

Noun

主人 • (ju-in) (hangeul 주인)

Hanja form^? of 주인 (“master or owner; proprietor”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
主	人

Noun

主人

Hán tự form of chủ nhân (“master or owner; proprietor”).

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