主 (zyu2 | zhu3 zhu4) : master, chief, leader

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主

zyu2

zhu3 zhu4

[1] [n] master, chief; leader; owner [2] [n] host [3] [n] main aim; goal [4] Jesus Christ; God; Lord [5] [v] officiate at; preside over; take charge of; direct; head [6] [v] control; determine [7] main; chief; primary; principal

Stroke count: 5

Level: 2

Radical: 丶 (#3)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

主

This word has been viewed 19024 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 22:26

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教主 gaau3 zyu2 jiao4 zhu3 = head of a religion; modern pop or film star worshipped by fans

主人 zyu2 jan4 zhu3 ren2 = master

民主 man4 zyu2 min2 zhu3 = democracy

主流 zyu2 lau4 zhu3 liu2 = mainstream; principal aspect

公主 gung1 zyu2 gong1 zhu3 = princess

主意 zyu2 ji3 zhu3 yi5 = an idea

賣主 maai6 zyu2 mai4 zhu3 = a seller

地主 dei6 zyu2 di4 zhu3 = landlord

家庭主婦 gaa1 ting4 zyu2 fu5 jia1 ting2 zhu3 fu4 = housewife

男主角 naam4 zyu2 gok3 nan2 zhu3 jue2 = leading actor; leading man
See all 277 compounds (CantoDict reports 338 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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呢個旅遊團以香港人為主。粵
This tourist group consists mainly of Hongkong people.
[以...為主 = take ... as the main thing]

你要主動啲。粵
You need to be more proactive (i.e. take the initiative more often).

園主又打發了另一個僕人去，他們也把那人打了，並加以侮辱，放他空手回去。國
And again he (the lord of the vinyard) sent another servant. But they beat him also. They humiliated him, sent him away empty handed. (Luke 20:11)

究竟佢喺度打咩鬼主意？
What's evil plan is he actually executing?

呢度嘅住客都穿著禮服為主，盡顯其顯赫份粵
The residents here are all formally attired, a mark of their affluence.
[Note: this is a very formal register, and is not the kind of this you'd drop into everyday conversation.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 主
Unicode code for this character: U+4E3B (off-site link)

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