主人翁

Chinese

	master; owner; host	elderly person
trad. (主人翁)	主人	翁
simp. ^#(主人翁)	主人	翁
alternative forms	主儂翁／主侬翁 Min Nan

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǔrénwēng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² jan⁴ jung¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chú-jîn-ong / chú-lîn-ong / chú-lâng-ong

(Teochew, Peng'im): zu² ring⁵ ong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔrénwēng → zhǔrenwēng (toneless variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄥ → ㄓㄨˇ ˙ㄖㄣㄨㄥ (toneless variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔre̊nwong
  - Wade–Giles: chu³-jên⁵-wêng¹
  - Yale: jǔ-ren-wēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juu.renueng
  - Palladius: чжужэньвэн (čžužɛnʹvɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ wəŋ⁵⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴ ʐən⁴ wəŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyu² jan⁴ jung¹
  - Yale: jyú yàhn yūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² jan⁴ jung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ju² yen⁴ yung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵ jɐn²¹ jʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-jîn-ong
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-jîn-ong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zwjin'ofng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-lîn-ong
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-lîn-ong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zwlin'ofng
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-lâng-ong
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-lâng-ong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zwlang'ofng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zu² ring⁵ ong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsú jîng ong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡ziŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ oŋ³³/

Noun

主人翁

master (of one's affairs, destiny, etc.)
protagonist (main character)
(literary, honorific) host (person who receives or entertains other people as guests)

Synonyms

(protagonist): 主角 (zhǔjué), 主人公 (zhǔréngōng)
(host):

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主人 (zhǔrén)
主人公 (zhǔréngōng) (literary, honorific)
東人 / 东人 (dōngrén) (archaic)
東家 / 东家 (dōngjiā)
東道 / 东道 (dōngdào)
東道主 / 东道主 (dōngdàozhǔ)
東道主人 / 东道主人 (dōngdào zhǔrén)