地主

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
trad. (地主)		地	主
simp. #(地主)		地	主

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìzhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dei⁶ zyu²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ei⁵ zi²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thi-chú
• Eastern Min (BUC): dê-ciō
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-chú / tōe-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìzhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìjhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-chu³
    • Yale: dì-jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihjuu
    • Palladius: дичжу (dičžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dei⁶ zyu²
    • Yale: deih jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ dzy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ ju²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² t͡syː³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ei⁵ zi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ei³² t͡si⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-chú
    • Hakka Romanization System: ti zu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ zu³
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ t͡su³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dê-ciō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒuo³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-chú
    • Tâi-lô: tē-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexzuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-chú
    • Tâi-lô: tuē-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doexzuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/

Noun

地主

1. (often derogatory) owner of real estate; landowner; landlord

   豪強地主／豪强地主  ―  háoqiáng dìzhǔ  ―  despotic landowners

2. (literary) local host

   • 夫諸侯之會，事既畢矣，侯伯致禮，地主歸餼，以相辭也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫诸侯之会，事既毕矣，侯伯致礼，地主归饩，以相辞也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Fú zhūhóu zhī huì, shì jì bì yǐ, hóubó zhì lǐ, dìzhǔ guī xì, yǐ xiàng cí yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (owner of real estate):

• 厝主 (chió-ciō) (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew)
• 厝東家／厝东家 (chio̤̿-dóng-gá) (Northern Min)
• 厝頭家／厝头家 (Hokkien)
• 房東／房东 (fángdōng)
• 東人／东人 (dōngrén) (archaic)
• 東家／东家 (dōngjiā) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 地主之誼／地主之谊
• 地主神 (dìzhǔshén)
• 客家佔地主／客家占地主

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (地主):

• → Japanese: 地(じ)主(しゅ) (jishu)
• → Korean: 지주(地主) (jiju)
• → Vietnamese: địa chủ (地主)

Proper noun

地主

1. (religion) "Lord of the Land" (that protects a house)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	主
じ Grade: 2	ぬし Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑinɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

地(じ)主(ぬし) • (jinushi) 

1. landowner

Korean

Hanja in this term
地	主

Noun

地主 • (jiju) (hangeul 지주)

1. Hanja form^? of 지주 (“landlord; landowner”).