主 zhǔ

1. zhǔ noun owner
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 主人 (ABC 'zhǔ' 主 bf 2; NCCED '主' 1)
2. zhǔ adjective principal; main; primary
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 注重 (ABC 'zhǔ' 主 bf 9; GHC '主' 8; Kroll 2015 '主' 4; NCCED '主' 11)
3. zhǔ noun master
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'zhǔ' 主 bf 1; Kroll 2015 '主' 1b; NCCED '主' 2)
4. zhǔ noun host
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'zhǔ' 主 bf 4; GHC '主' 2; Kroll 2015 '主' 1c; NCCED '主' 3)
5. zhǔ verb to manage; to lead
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 主管 (ABC 'zhǔ' 主 bf 6; Kroll 2015 '主' 2; NCCED '主' 4)
6. zhǔ verb to decide; to advocate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'zhǔ' 主 bf 8; NCCED '主' 5)
7. zhǔ verb to have an opinion; to hold a particular view
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 主观 (ABC 'zhǔ' 主 bf 5; NCCED '主' 6)
8. zhǔ verb to signify; to indicate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'zhǔ' 主 bf 7; NCCED '主' 7)
9. zhǔ adjective oneself
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '主' 8)
10. zhǔ noun a person; a party
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 买主 'customer' (ABC 'zhǔ' 主 bf 3; GHC '主' 4; NCCED '主' 9)
11. zhǔ proper noun God; the Lord
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
    Notes: Christianity and Islam (ABC 'zhǔ' 主 bf 11; NCCED '主' 10)
12. zhǔ noun lord; ruler; chief
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 君 (GHC '主' 1; Kroll 2015 '主' 1a)
13. zhǔ noun an ancestral tablet
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 神主 (ABC 'zhǔ' 主 bf 10; GHC '主' 5; Kroll 2015 '主' 5)
14. zhǔ noun princess
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: An abbreviation for 公主 (GHC '主' 10; Kroll 2015 '主' 3)
15. zhǔ noun chairperson
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 主持 (GHC '主' 7)
16. zhǔ adjective fundamental
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 根本 (GHC '主' 6)
17. zhǔ proper noun Zhu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (GHC '主' 11)
18. zhù verb to pour
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 注 (GHC '主' 12)

Contained in

• 主流 the main stream ; the mainstream; the main trend ; the main influencer
• 主帅(主帥) a chief commander
• 宗派主义(宗派主義) sectarianism
• 主人 master; host ; sovereign
• 人来投主，鸟来投林(人來投主，鳥來投林) people come to help the host, birds come and settle in the forest
• 苏非主义(蘇非主義) Sufism (Islamic mystic tradition)
• 物各有主 everything has a rightful owner
• 辩证唯物主义(辯證唯物主義) dialectical materialism
• 自然主义(自然主義) naturalism ; naturalism
• 民主主义(民主主義) democracy
• 后主(後主) latter sovereign ; last sovereign in a dynasty
• 欠主 debtor
• 家主翁 head of the household
• 主委 committee chairperson
• 主销(主銷) kingpin (vehicle part); to focus one's marketing efforts on (a region, product etc)
• 主干网络(主幹網絡) core network
• 主动(主動) to take the initiative
• 共产主义(共產主義) communism
• 打狗还得看主人(打狗還得看主人) when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master
• 主殿 main hall
• 绥靖主义(綏靖主義) appeasement
• 队主(隊主) team leader
• 创造主(創造主) Creator
• 红衣主教(紅衣主教) Catholic Cardinal
• 环境行动主义(環境行動主義) environmentalism; environmental activism
• 喧宾夺主(喧賓奪主) the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host; a minor player upstages the main attraction; minor details obscure the main point
• 独立自主(獨立自主) independent and autonomous
• 主司 to be in charge
• 霸权主义(霸權主義) hegemonism
• 科学主义(科學主義) scientism
• 磨坊主 miller
• 主讲(主講) to give a lecture; to lecture on
• 棕枝主日 Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter)
• 神秘主义(神秘主義) mysticism
• 主承销商(主承銷商) lead underwriter
• 主脉(主脈) main artery; main vein ; main ridge
• 主日学(主日學) Sunday School
• 奴隶主阶级(奴隸主階級) slave-owning class
• 民主化 to convert to democracy; democratic transformation
• 功利主义(功利主義) utilitarianism
• 金主 financial backer; bankroller
• 地方主义(地方主義) regionalism; favoring one's local region
• 后现代主义(後現代主義) postmodernism

Also contained in

结构主义 、 民权主义 、 中国天主教爱国会 、 马列主义 、 刚果民主共和国 、 台湾民主自治同盟 、 和硕公主 、 民族社会主义

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Truncated for common words

• 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 234
• 卷二十六 志第六: 禮儀六 Volume 26 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 220
• 卷20　志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 209
• 卷五十一 志第四 天文四 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Astronomy 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 196
• 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 181
• 卷19　志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 168
• 卷八十三　　　　列傳第八 諸帝公主 Volume 83 Biographies 8: The Princesses of all Emperors New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 165
• 卷四十九 志第二 天文二 Volume 49 Treatises 2: Astronomy 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 130
• 卷二十五 志第五: 禮儀五 Volume 25 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 103
• 卷五十二 志第五 天文五 Volume 52 Treatises 5: Astronomy 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 98

Collocations

• 盟主 (盟主) 秦穆之不為盟主也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 29
• 主社稷 (主社稷) 以主社稷 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 9
• 僖公主 (僖公主) 作僖公主 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 8
• 谋主 (謀主) 而為之謀主 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 8
• 使主 (使主) 使主社稷 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
• 主中国 (主中國) 不與夷狄之主中國也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 主诸侯 (主諸侯) 以主諸侯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 子主 (子主) 若使大子主曲沃 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
• 主忠信 (主忠信) 主忠信 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 1. 《學而》 Xue Er — count: 3
• 主王 (主王) 主王姬者必為之改筑 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3