宿主

Chinese

		(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
simp. and trad. (宿主)		宿	主

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùzhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ zyu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùzhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùjhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-chu³
    • Yale: sù-jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhjuu
    • Palladius: сучжу (sučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹ zyu²
    • Yale: sūk jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ dzy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ ju²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ t͡syː³⁵/

Noun

宿主

1. (biology) host

Synonyms

• 寄主 (jìzhǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宿	主
しゅく Grade: 3	しゅ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅくしゅ [shùkúshú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) しゅくしゅ [shùkúꜜshù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨ̥kɯ̟ɕɨ]

Noun

宿(しゅく)主(しゅ) • (shukushu) 

1. (biology) host