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主

zhǔ

HSK 3 Character

What 主 means

1. owner
2. master
3. host
4. individual or party concerned
5. God
6. Lord
7. main
8. to indicate or signify
9. trump card (in card games)

Example sentences

• 赞美主。
  Zànměi zhǔ.
  Praise the Lord!
• 好主意！
  Good idea!
• 我没主意了。
  I'm running out of ideas.
• 我有好主意。
  A good idea came into my mind.
• 强宾不压主。
  A guest should not try to make himself superior to the host.
• 什么是民主？
  What's democracy?

Words starting with 主

• 主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary
• 主动zhǔ dòngto take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous
• 主意zhǔ yiplan; idea; decision
• 主持人zhǔ chí rénhost; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor…
• 主席zhǔ xíchairperson; premier; chairman
• 主人zhǔ rénmaster; host; owner
• 主题zhǔ títheme; subject
• 主持zhǔ chíto take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over
• 主张zhǔ zhāngto advocate; to stand for; view
• 主观zhǔ guānsubjective
• 主任zhǔ rèndirector; head
• 主管zhǔ guǎnin charge; responsible for; person in charge
• 主流zhǔ liúmain stream (of a river); fig. the essential point; main viewpoint of a matter
• 主办zhǔ bànto organize; to host (a conference or sports event)
• 主导zhǔ dǎoleading; dominant; prevailing
• 主权zhǔ quánsovereignty
• 主角zhǔ juéleading role; lead; protagonist
• 主义zhǔ yì-ism; ideology
• 主编zhǔ biāneditor in chief
• 主页zhǔ yèhome page
• 主体zhǔ tǐmain part; bulk; body
• 主演zhǔ yǎnto play the leading role; to star; lead actor
• 主人公zhǔ rén gōnghero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
• 主力zhǔ lìmain force; main strength of an army

Words containing 主

• 民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
• 公主gōng zhǔprincess
• 班主任bān zhǔ rènteacher in charge of a class
• 自主zì zhǔto act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairs
• 东道主dōng dào zhǔhost; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
• 为主wéi zhǔto rely mainly on; to attach most importance to
• 毛主席Máo zhǔ xíChairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛泽东
• 社会主义shè huì zhǔ yìsocialism
• 业主yè zhǔowner; proprietor
• 资本主义zī běn zhǔ yìcapitalism
• 地主dì zhǔlandlord; landowner; host
• 共产主义gòng chǎn zhǔ yìcommunism
• 不由自主bù yóu zì zhǔ(idiom) can't help but; involuntarily
• 店主diàn zhǔshop owner
• 帝国主义dì guó zhǔ yìimperialism
• 马克思主义Mǎ kè sī zhǔ yìMarxism
• 车主chē zhǔvehicle owner
• 雇主gù zhǔemployer
• 女主人nǚ zhǔ rénhostess; mistress
• 恐怖主义kǒng bù zhǔ yìterrorism
• 自由主义zì yóu zhǔ yìliberalism
• 天主教Tiān zhǔ jiàoCatholicism
• 民族主义mín zú zhǔ yìnationalism; national self-determination; principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun…
• 系主任xì zhǔ rènhead of a (university) department; department chair

Characters built on 土

These share the phonetic component 土 (tǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last
• 域yùfield; region; area
• 塑sùto model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
• 杜dùbirchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 墅shùvilla
• 埔bùused in place names
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum
• 吐tùto vomit; to throw up

Characters that look like 主

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 王wángking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand
• 玉yùjade
• 支zhīto support; to sustain; to erect
• 至zhìto arrive; most; to
• 皮pískin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering
• 左zuǒleft; the Left (politics); east

Sounds the same

Read zhǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 煮to cook; to boil
• 嘱to enjoin; to implore; to urge
• 拄to lean on; to prop on
• 瞩to gaze at; to stare at
• 属to join together; to fix one's attention on; to concentrate on
• 渚islet; bank
• 丶"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3), aka 点
• 砫ancestral tablet
• 褚padding (in garment); to store up; pocket
• 麈leader of herd; stag
• 斸cut
• 𬣞wisdom