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主人

zhǔ rén

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 个

主人 (zhǔ rén) means "host; owner; master". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 主人 means

1. master
2. host
3. owner

The characters in 主人

• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 我是这房子的主人。
  I'm the owner of this house.
• 这栋别墅的主人是谁？
  Zhè dòng biéshù de zhǔrén shì shéi?
  Who owns this villa?
• 主人死后车子归谁呢？
  Zhǔrén sǐhòu chēzi guī shéi ne?
  Who does the car belong to when the owner dies?
• 谁是这间房子的主人？
  Who is the owner of this house?
• 狗摇着尾巴跟着主人。
  The dog followed its master, wagging its tail.
• 狗不安地看着他的主人。
  Gǒu bù ān de kàn zhe tā de zhǔrén.
  The dog nervously looks at the master.

Words starting with 主人

• 主人公zhǔ rén gōnghero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
• 主人翁zhǔ rén wēngmaster (of the house); main character in a novel etc; hero or heroine

Words containing 主人

• 女主人nǚ zhǔ rénhostess; mistress
• 女主人公nǚ zhǔ rén gōngheroine (of a novel or film); main female protagonist
• 名从主人míng cóng zhǔ rén(idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use…
• 打狗还得看主人dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rénlit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)…

Where 主人 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Argument, Debate & Advocacy (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhǔ rén correctly.
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