霸主

Chinese

		feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
trad. (霸主)		霸	主
simp. #(霸主)		霸	主
alternative forms		伯主

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàzhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˋ ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baa³ zyu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pà-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàzhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˋ ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàjhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pa⁴-chu³
    • Yale: bà-jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bahjuu
    • Palladius: бачжу (bačžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baa³ zyu²
    • Yale: ba jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baa³ dzy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ba³ ju²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paː³³ t͡syː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pà-chú
    • Tâi-lô: pà-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: parzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pa²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pa²¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pa¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pa²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

霸主

1. (historical) powerful leader of feudal lords (of the Spring and Autumn period)
2. (figurative) overlord; hegemon