主動

See also: 主动

Chinese

		to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (主動)		主	動
simp. (主动)		主	动

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔdòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² dung⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chú-thung
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chú-tǒng / chú-tōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zu² dong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔdòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔdòng
    • Wade–Giles: chu³-tung⁴
    • Yale: jǔ-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juudonq
    • Palladius: чжудун (čžudun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu² dung⁶
    • Yale: jyú duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju² dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵ tʊŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-thung
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˋ tung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw'dong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zu² dong⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsú tŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵²⁻³⁵ toŋ³⁵/

Adjective

主動

1. active

   你要變被動為主動，掌握主控權。 [MSC, trad.]
   你要变被动为主动，掌握主控权。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ yào biàn bèidòng wèi zhǔdòng, zhǎngwò zhǔkòngquán. [Pinyin]

   You must change passive into active, and take the initiative.

2. self-motivated; motivated; proactive; self-starting

   他是一個非常主動的人。 [MSC, trad.]
   他是一个非常主动的人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shì yīge fēicháng zhǔdòng de rén. [Pinyin]

   He is a highly self-motivated person.

Synonyms

• (active): 積極／积极 (jījí), 能動／能动 (néngdòng)
• (self-motivated): 自動／自动 (zìdòng)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “active”): 被動／被动 (bèidòng)

Derived terms

• 主動式／主动式 (zhǔdòngshì)
• 主動性／主动性 (zhǔdòngxìng)
• 主動權／主动权 (zhǔdòngquán)
• 主動語態／主动语态 (zhǔdòng yǔtài)
• 主動運輸／主动运输 (zhǔdòng yùnshū)

 

Adverb

主動

1. actively; voluntarily

   你應該主動去跟他解釋清楚。 [MSC, trad.]
   你应该主动去跟他解释清楚。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ yìnggāi zhǔdòng qù gēn tā jiěshì qīngchǔ. [Pinyin]

   You should actively go and explain things clearly to him.

Synonyms

• 自動／自动 (zìdòng)
• 自行 (zìxíng)

Verb

主動

1. to take the initiative to; to take it upon oneself to; to do something on one's own accord

Synonyms

• 行動／行动 (xíngdòng)

Noun

主動

1. initiative

   採取主動／采取主动  ―  cǎiqǔ zhǔdòng  ―  to take the initiative

2. (gay sex) top

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “top”): 被動／被动 (bèidòng)