主人翁

Chinese

		master; owner; host master; owner; host; hostess	elderly person
simp. and trad. (主人翁)		主人	翁
variant forms		主儂翁／主侬翁 Min Nan

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǔrénwēng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² jan⁴ jung¹
Min Nan (POJ): chú-jîn-ong / chú-lîn-ong / chú-lâng-ong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǔrénwēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juurenueng
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵ u̯əŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyu² jan⁴ jung¹
  - Yale: jyú yàhn yūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² jan⁴ jung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ju² yen⁴ yung¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyː³⁵ jɐn²¹ jʊŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-jîn-ong
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-jîn-ong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zwjin'ofng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑin²³⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-lîn-ong
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-lîn-ong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zwlin'ofng
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-lâng-ong
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-lâng-ong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zwlang'ofng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³⁻³³ ɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

主人翁

master (of one's affairs, destiny, etc.)
protagonist (of a novel, etc.)
host (used as a respectful term)

Synonyms

主人家
主人公 (zhǔréngōng)

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