真主

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
trad. (真主/眞主)		真/眞	主
simp. (真主)		真	主
Literally: “the true lord”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnzhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ zyu²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂n-chú
• Eastern Min (BUC): cĭng-ciō
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chin-chú
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsen-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnzhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenjhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-chu³
    • Yale: jēn-jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenjuu
    • Palladius: чжэньчжу (čžɛnʹčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ zyu²
    • Yale: jān jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ dzy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ ju²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡syː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂n-chú
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin^ˊ zu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin¹ zu³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn²⁴ t͡su³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cĭng-ciō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒuo³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin-chú
    • Tâi-lô: tsin-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cinzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin³³ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsen-tsy
    • MiniDict: tsen^平 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyin tsyuX

Rime
Character	真	主
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	側鄰切	之庾切
Baxter	tsyin	tsyuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪn/	/t͡ɕɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕin/	/t͡ɕioX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjen/	/t͡ɕioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cin/	/cuə̆X/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕn/	/t͡ɕioX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕn/	/t͡ɕĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕn/	/t͡ɕi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn	zhǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan1	zyu2

Noun

真主

1. (literary) preordained emperor
2. (literary, by extension) wise emperor

Proper noun

真主

1. (Islam) Allah; God

   萬物非主，唯有真主。穆罕默德，是主使者。 [MSC, trad.]
   万物非主，唯有真主。穆罕默德，是主使者。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wànwù fēi zhǔ, wéiyǒu zhēnzhǔ. Mùhǎnmòdé, shì zhǔ shǐzhě. [Pinyin]

   There is no deity but God. Muhammad is the Messenger of God.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 安拉 (“Allah”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		真主
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	阿拉, 真主
	Singapore	真主, 阿拉
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	胡達
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	胡達, 真主, 安拉, 安拉訇
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	安拉, 真主, 為主的, 胡達
	Ürümqi	胡達
Cantonese	Hong Kong	阿拉, 真主
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿拉, 真主
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿拉, 真主
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿拉, 真主
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿拉, 真主
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿拉, 真主
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿拉, 真主
Southern Min	Xiamen	真主

Derived terms

• 真主至上
• 真主至大 (Zhēnzhǔ zhìdà)
• 真主黨／真主党 (Zhēnzhǔdǎng)