主人
ChineseEdit
to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary |
man; person; people | ||
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simp. and trad. (主人) |
主 | 人 | |
alternative forms | 主儂/主侬 Min vernacular | ||
anagram | 人主 |
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
主人
SynonymsEdit
- (master):
- (host):
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JapaneseEdit
Kanji in this term | |
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主 | 人 |
しゅ Grade: 3 |
じん Grade: 1 |
kan’on |
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Chinese 主人 (MC t͡ɕɨoX ȵiɪn).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
- (humble) (one's own) husband (use ご主人 to refer to somebody else's husband)
- someone's master
- owner
- host or hostess
ReferencesEdit
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
KoreanEdit
Hanja in this term | |
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主 | 人 |
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VietnameseEdit
Hán tự in this term | |
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主 | 人 |
NounEdit
主人