盟主

Chinese

		oath; pledge; union oath; pledge; union; to ally	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
simp. and trad. (盟主)		盟	主

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méngzhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mang⁴ zyu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méngzhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méngjhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²-chu³
    • Yale: méng-jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengjuu
    • Palladius: мэнчжу (mɛnčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mang⁴ zyu²
    • Yale: màhng jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴ dzy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴ ju²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹ t͡syː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chú
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjaeng tsyuX

Rime
Character	盟	主
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武兵切	之庾切
Baxter	mjaeng	tsyuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiæŋ/	/t͡ɕɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiaŋ/	/t͡ɕioX/
Shao Rongfen	/miaŋ/	/t͡ɕioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/	/cuə̆X/
Li Rong	/miɐŋ/	/t͡ɕioX/
Wang Li	/mĭɐŋ/	/t͡ɕĭuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɐŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	zhǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming4	zyu2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mraŋ  toʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mraŋ  tjoʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	盟	主
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	méng	zhǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ mjæng ›	‹ tsyuX ›
Old Chinese	/*mraŋ/	/*toʔ/
English	covenant	master; host
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盟	主
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	9189	17618
Phonetic component	明	主
Rime group	陽	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	明	主
Old Chinese	/*mraŋ/	/*tjoʔ/

Noun

盟主

1. leader of an alliance

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (盟主):

• → Japanese: 盟(めい)主(しゅ) (meishu)
• → Korean: 맹주(盟主) (maengju)
• → Vietnamese: minh chủ (盟主)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盟	主
めい Grade: 6	しゅ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 盟主 (méngzhǔ).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めーしゅ [méꜜèshù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːɕɨ]

• • Homophones: 名手, 名主, 明主

Noun

盟(めい)主(しゅ) • (meishu) 

1. an alliance leader
   • 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “最(さい)終(しゅう)話(わ)　それぞれの道(みち)へ [Final Chapter: Epilog]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 351:

     美(うつく)しき盟(めい)主(しゅ)リリーナ

     Utsukushiki Meishu Rirīna

     Lilina, Beautiful Commander of the Alliance

See also

• 同(どう)盟(めい) (dōmei)