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(Bushou)		 丶
Strokes 1
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Decomp. 丶王
王 + 丶
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Mandarin zhǔ
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Pinyin zhu3
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Wubi YGD
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BIG5 A544
主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)
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主题 zhǔ tí theme / subject
主要 zhǔ yào main / principal / major / primary
主页 zhǔ yè home page
主动 zhǔ dòng to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4] / drive (of gears and shafts etc)
主管 zhǔ guǎn in charge / responsible for / person in charge / manager
主任 zhǔ rèn director / head / CL:個|个[ge4]
主人 zhǔ rén master / host / owner / CL:個|个[ge4]
主板 zhǔ bǎn (computing) motherboard / (stock market) main board
主义 zhǔ yì -ism / ideology
主角 zhǔ jué leading role / lead / protagonist
主席 zhǔ xí chairperson / premier / chairman / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
主机 zhǔ jī main engine / (military) lead aircraft / (computing) host computer / main processor / server
主演 zhǔ yǎn to play the leading role / to star / lead actor
主持 zhǔ chí to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor
主体 zhǔ tǐ main part / bulk / body / subject / agent
主流 zhǔ liú main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc)
主办 zhǔ bàn to organize / to host (a conference or sports event)
主力 zhǔ lì main force / main strength of an army
主场 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc)
主张 zhǔ zhāng to advocate / to stand for / view / position / stand / proposition / viewpoint / assertion / CL:個|个[ge4]
主意 zhǔ yi plan / idea / decision / CL:個|个[ge4] / Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
主导 zhǔ dǎo leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate
主编 zhǔ biān editor in chief
主观 zhǔ guān subjective
主帅 zhǔ shuài (military) commander-in-chief / (sports) team manager / coach
主打 zhǔ dǎ principal / main / flagship (product) / title (track) / to specialize in / to take as one's priority / to primarily focus on
主队 zhǔ duì host team (at sports event) / host side
主食 zhǔ shí staple food
主权 zhǔ quán sovereignty
主宰 zhǔ zǎi to dominate / to rule / to dictate / master
主公 zhǔ gōng Your Highness / Your Majesty
主子 zhǔ zi Master (term used by servant) / Your Majesty / operator (of machine)
主妇 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess
主线 zhǔ xiàn main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme
主讲 zhǔ jiǎng to give a lecture / to lecture on
主教 zhǔ jiào bishop
主攻 zhǔ gōng main assault / to focus on / to specialize in / to major in
主旨 zhǔ zhǐ gist / main idea / general tenor / one's judgment
主业 zhǔ yè main business
主干 zhǔ gàn trunk / main / core
主见 zhǔ jiàn one's own view / definite opinion
主站 zhǔ zhàn hub Earth station
主因 zhǔ yīn main reason
主将 zhǔ jiàng commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization)
主轴 zhǔ zhóu axis / principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc) / main axle (of engine)
主播 zhǔ bō (news) anchor / (program) host / (Internet) streamer
主峰 zhǔ fēng main peak (of a mountain range)
主楼 zhǔ lóu main building
主修 zhǔ xiū (education) to major in / major
主料 zhǔ liào main ingredients (in a cooking recipe)
主犯 zhǔ fàn culprit
主委 zhǔ wěi committee chairperson
主语 zhǔ yǔ subject (in grammar)
主次 zhǔ cì the important and the less important / primary and secondary
主菜 zhǔ cài main course
主仆 zhǔ pú master and servant
主谋 zhǔ móu mastermind / ringleader / lead plotter
主罚 zhǔ fá penalty (kick)
主音 zhǔ yīn keynote / principal tone / tonic / vowel
主使 zhǔ shǐ to mastermind / to orchestrate / to instigate / mastermind / instigator
主顾 zhǔ gù client / customer
主从 zhǔ cóng master-slave (computing) / client-server (computing) / primary and secondary
主调 zhǔ diào main point of an argument / a principal viewpoint
主日 zhǔ rì Sabbath / Sunday
主簿 zhǔ bù official registrar (of a county etc) in imperial China
主材 zhǔ cái principal or main material (engineering)
主厨 zhǔ chú chef / to be the chef
主销 zhǔ xiāo kingpin (vehicle part) / to focus one's marketing efforts on (a region, product etc)
主抓 zhǔ zhuā to be in charge of / to concentrate on
主祭 zhǔ jì to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral
主枝  leader
主宾 zhǔ bīn guest of honor / host and guests
主格 zhǔ gé nominative case (grammar)
主词 zhǔ cí subject
主裁 zhǔ cái (sports) to referee / to umpire / to officiate / referee / umpire (abbr. for 主裁判[zhu3 cai2 pan4])
主唱 zhǔ chàng to sing the lead vocals / lead singer
主创 zhǔ chuàng to play a major role in a creative endeavor (e.g. making a movie) / person who plays a key creative role (e.g. movie director)
主刀 zhǔ dāo to act as the chief surgeon / chief surgeon
主环 zhǔ huán primary ring
主计 zhǔ jì chief accounting officer / controller / comptroller / (Han Dynasty) treasurer
主科 zhǔ kē required courses in the major subject
主麻 zhǔ má (Islam) Jumu'ah (refers to Friday or the noon prayer on Friday) (loanword from Arabic) / (Islam) a week
主脑 zhǔ nǎo leader / the one in control / main (part, character etc)
主球 zhǔ qiú cue ball (in pool etc)
主诉 zhǔ sù (medicine) to complain of / a patient's brief account of their illness / (law) main suit / principal claim
主厅 zhǔ tīng main lobby
主嫌 zhǔ xián prime, key or main suspect (law)
主岩 zhǔ yán host rock
主掌 zhǔ zhǎng in charge (of a position etc) / the person in charge / responsible
主政 zhǔ zhèng to lead a government
主族 zhǔ zú main group
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主持人 zhǔ chí rén host / master of ceremonies / (TV or radio) presenter / anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI) / program director
主题曲 zhǔ tí qū signature tune
主人公 zhǔ rén gōng hero (of a novel or film) / main protagonist
主旋律 zhǔ xuán lu:4 (music) theme / principal melody / (fig.) central theme / main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view
主动权 zhǔ dòng quán initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots
主力军 zhǔ lì jūn main force (military) / (fig.) the group or element with the most impact / mainstay / main cohort
主席台 zhǔ xí tái rostrum / platform / CL:個|个[ge4]
主机板 zhǔ jī bǎn motherboard
主席团 zhǔ xí tuán presidium
主人翁 zhǔ rén wēng master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine
主机名 zhǔ jī míng hostname (of a networked computer)
主动脉 zhǔ dòng mài aorta / principal artery
主导权 zhǔ dǎo quán leadership (role)
主干线 zhǔ gàn xiàn trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable)
主心骨 zhǔ xīn gǔ backbone / mainstay / pillar / definite view / one's own judgment
主力舰 zhǔ lì jiàn battleship
主办权 zhǔ bàn quán the right to host (an international meeting)
主宰者 zhǔ zǎi zhě ruler
主战派 zhǔ zhàn pài the pro-war faction / hawks
主航道 zhǔ háng dào main channel
主营地  main cantonment / main cantonment site
主诘问  examination-in-chief
主动雷  active mine
主办国 zhǔ bàn guó host country
主宾谓 zhǔ bīn wèi subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)
主裁判 zhǔ cái pàn (sports) referee / umpire
主车群 zhǔ chē qún peloton (main group of riders in a bicycle race)
主祷文 zhǔ dǎo wén Lord's Prayer
主导性 zhǔ dǎo xìng leadership
主伐木 zhǔ fá mù crop tree
主和派 zhǔ hé pài the peace faction / doves
主和弦 zhǔ hé xián tonic triad / triad of the home key
主计室 zhǔ jì shì auditing department / accounting department / comptroller office
主计长 zhǔ jì zhǎng Budget Controller
主控站 zhǔ kòng zhàn hub Earth station
主林木 zhǔ lín mù crop tree
主流化 zhǔ liú huà mainstreaming
主麻日 Zhǔ má rì (Islam) Friday, when Muslims go to the mosque before noon to attend congregational prayers
主品牌 zhǔ pǐn pái umbrella brand (marketing)
主日学 zhǔ rì xué Sunday School
主题歌 zhǔ tí gē theme song
主题曲 zhǔ tí qǔ theme song
主徒会 zhǔ tú huì Congregatio
主谓宾 zhǔ wèi bīn subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
主谓句 zhǔ wèi jù subject-predicate sentence / subject-predicate clause
主显节 zhǔ xiǎn jié Epiphany
主席国 zhǔ xí guó chair country / country holding revolving presidency
主序带 zhǔ xù dài (astronomy) main sequence
主序星 zhǔ xù xīng (astronomy) main-sequence star
主战区 zhǔ zhàn qū main battle area
主轴承 zhǔ zhóu chéng main bearing
主管部门 zhǔ guǎn bù mén office of primary interest
主要原因 zhǔ yào yuán yīn main reason / primary cause
主要任务 zhǔ yào rèn wu main task / principal duty
主要因素 zhǔ yào yīn sù main factor / principal cause
主要成分 zhǔ yào chéng fèn major constituent / major component
主题公园 zhǔ tí gōng yuán theme park
主治医师 zhǔ zhì yī shī doctor-in-charge / resident physician
主战坦克 zhǔ zhàn tǎn kè main battle tank / battle tank
Approximate Results for 主
UP主 U P zhǔ (Internet slang) uploader (person who uploads a video or other content to the Internet) / pronounced [a4 pu5 zhu3] / (loanword from Japanese うｐ主, "upunushi")
版主 bǎn zhǔ forum moderator / webmaster
楼主 lóu zhǔ original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional)
为主 wéi zhǔ to rely mainly on / to attach most importance to
公主 gōng zhǔ princess
业主 yè zhǔ owner / proprietor
自主 zì zhǔ independent / to act for oneself / autonomous
民主 mín zhǔ democracy / democratic
车主 chē zhǔ vehicle owner
教主 jiào zhǔ founder or leader of a religion or sect / (fig.) revered figure
店主 diàn zhǔ shop owner
霸主 bà zhǔ a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / overlord / hegemon
地主 dì zhǔ landlord / landowner / host
雇主 gù zhǔ employer
君主 jūn zhǔ monarch / sovereign
领主 lǐng zhǔ feudal lord / suzerain / overlord
施主 shī zhǔ benefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson) / donor (semiconductor)
得主 dé zhǔ recipient (of an award) / winner (in a competition)
做主 zuò zhǔ variant of 作主[zuo4zhu3]
作主 zuò zhǔ to decide / to have the final say
房主 fáng zhǔ landlord / house owner
板主 bǎn zhǔ variant of 版主[ban3 zhu3]
买主 mǎi zhǔ customer
宗主 zōng zhǔ head of a clan / natural leader / person of prestige and authority in a domain / suzerain
宫主 gōng zhǔ imperial empress / milady
财主 cái zhǔ rich man / moneybags
失主 shī zhǔ owner of sth lost or stolen
天主 Tiān zhǔ God (in Catholicism) / abbr. for 天主教[Tian1 zhu3 jiao4], Catholicism
真主 Zhēn zhǔ Allah
宿主 sù zhǔ (biology) host
户主 hù zhǔ head of the household
事主 shì zhǔ victim (of a criminal) / party involved (in a dispute etc) / main instigator
救主 jiù zhǔ savior
债主 zhài zhǔ creditor
矿主 kuàng zhǔ proprietor of a mine
宾主 bīn zhǔ guest and host
班主 bān zhǔ leader of a theatrical troupe
卖主 mài zhǔ seller
船主 chuán zhǔ ship's captain / owner of ship
寄主 jì zhǔ host (of a parasite)
苦主 kǔ zhǔ (old) the family of the victim in a murder case / (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc) / (Tw) (coll.) person who bears the burden while others benefit;
顾主 gù zhǔ (old) customer
吧主 bā zhǔ message board moderator or administrator
博主 bó zhǔ blogger
厂主 chǎng zhǔ factory owner
东主 dōng zhǔ owner (e.g. of a shop)
僱主 gù zhǔ variant of 雇主, employer
僭主 jiàn zhǔ tyrant / usurper
家主 jiā zhǔ head of a household
金主 jīn zhǔ financial backer / bankroller
力主 lì zhǔ advocate strongly
庙主 miào zhǔ head priest of a temple
墓主 mù zhǔ occupant of tomb / person buried
嫩主 nèn zhǔ newbie
入主 rù zhǔ to invade and take control of (a territory) / to take the helm at (an organization) / (of a company) to take control of (another company)
受主 shòu zhǔ acceptor (semiconductor)
窝主 wō zhǔ person who harbors criminals / receiver (of stolen goods)
物主 wù zhǔ owner
易主 yì zhǔ (of property) to change owners / (of sovereignty, political power etc) to change hands
栈主 zhàn zhǔ innkeeper
正主 zhèng zhǔ central figure / rightful owner / (slang) idol of a fan
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副主任 fù zhǔ rèn deputy director / assistant head
班主任 bān zhǔ rèn teacher in charge of a class
最主要 zuì zhǔ yào main
副主席 fù zhǔ xí vice-chairperson
毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí Chairman Mao / Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 / (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
天主教 Tiān zhǔ jiào Catholicism
民主党 Mín zhǔ dǎng Democratic Party
女主人 nu:3 zhǔ rén hostess / mistress
斗地主 Dòu Dì zhǔ dou dizhu ("fight the landlord") (card game)
小公主 xiǎo gōng zhǔ lit. little princess / fig. spoiled girl / female version of 小皇帝[xiao3 huang2 di4]
救世主 Jiù shì zhǔ the Savior (in Christianity)
好主意 hǎo zhǔ yi good idea
系主任 xì zhǔ rèn head of a (university) department / department chair
东道主 dōng dào zhǔ host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
自主权 zì zhǔ quán ability to make one's own decisions
民主化 mín zhǔ huà to convert to democracy / democratic transformation
非主流 fēi zhǔ liú alternative / non-mainstream
奖得主 jiǎng dé zhǔ recipient of an award / prize winner
党主席 dǎng zhǔ xí party chief
造物主 Zào wù zhǔ the Creator (in religion or mythology) / God
大主教 dà zhǔ jiào archbishop / primate (of a church) / metropolitan
拿主意 ná zhǔ yi to make a decision / to make up one's mind
馊主意 sōu zhǔ yi rotten idea
奴隶主 nú lì zhǔ slave owner
真主党 Zhēn zhǔ dǎng Hezbollah (Lebanon Islamic group)
君主制 jūn zhǔ zhì monarchy
李后主 Lǐ Hòu zhǔ Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet / given name Li Yu 李煜
宗主国 zōng zhǔ guó suzerain state / mother country (of a colony)
无主地  territorium nullius
性自主  sexual autonomy
创造主 Chuàng zào zhǔ Creator (Christianity)
出主意 chū zhǔ yi to come up with ideas / to make suggestions / to offer advice
大地主 dà dì zhǔ a large landowner
地主队 dì zhǔ duì home team (sports)
二地主 èr dì zhǔ sublandlord / tenant who sublets
封建主 fēng jiàn zhǔ feudal ruler
公主抱 gōng zhǔ bào to carry sb the way grooms carry brides across the threshold
公主病 gōng zhǔ bìng (neologism c. 1997) (coll.) self-entitlement
公主车 gōng zhǔ chē ladies bicycle
公主岭 Gōng zhǔ lǐng see 公主嶺市|公主岭市[Gong1zhu3ling3 Shi4]
广告主 guǎng gào zhǔ advertiser
救赎主 jiù shú zhǔ Redeemer
君主国 jūn zhǔ guó monarchy / sovereign state
毛主义 Máo zhǔ yì Maoism
民主派 mín zhǔ pài (Hong Kong politics) the pro-democracy camp (founded 1987), aka the pan-democrats
民主墙 mín zhǔ qiáng Democracy Wall, Beijing (1978-1979), and bulletin boards inspired by it, in some Hong Kong universities
磨坊主 mò fáng zhǔ miller
前车主 qián chē zhǔ previous owner (of a car for sale)
企业主 qǐ yè zhǔ owner of enterprise
区主任 qū zhǔ rèn Zone Director
荣归主 róng guī zhǔ Gloria (section of Catholic mass)
三主席 sān zhǔ xí troika
实况主 shí kuàng zhǔ live vlogger / live-streamer
使自主 shǐ zì zhǔ empowerment
双主修 shuāng zhǔ xiū (education) double major
所有主 suǒ yǒu zhǔ owner / proprietor
土财主 tǔ cái zhǔ local wealthy landlord / country money-bags / rich provincial
无主见 wú zhǔ jiàn without one's own opinions
无主物 wú zhǔ wù bona vacantia
小田主 xiǎo tián zhǔ small landholder
有主见 yǒu zhǔ jiàn opinionated / having one's own strong views
总主教 zǒng zhǔ jiào archbishop / primate (of a church) / metropolitan
宗主权 zōng zhǔ quán suzerainty
社会主义 shè huì zhǔ yì socialism
不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ (idiom) can't help but / involuntarily
资本主义 zī běn zhǔ yì capitalism
共产主义 gòng chǎn zhǔ yì communism
爱国主义 ài guó zhǔ yì patriotism
中心主任  Chief of Centre
领衔主演 lǐng xián zhǔ yǎn leading actors (in a show) / starring
帝国主义 dì guó zhǔ yì imperialism
恐怖主义 kǒng bù zhǔ yì terrorism
国家主席 guó jiā zhǔ xí president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)
唯物主义 wéi wù zhǔ yì materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality
现实主义 xiàn shí zhǔ yì realism
人道主义 rén dào zhǔ yì humanism / humanitarian (aid)
民族主义 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 / Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 / (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
自由主义 zì yóu zhǔ yì liberalism
民主政治 mín zhǔ zhèng zhì democracy / democratic
家庭主妇 jiā tíng zhǔ fù housewife
独立自主 dú lì zì zhǔ independent and autonomous (idiom) / self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs
民主主义 mín zhǔ zhǔ yì democracy
浪漫主义 làng màn zhǔ yì romanticism
马列主义 Mǎ Liè zhǔ yì Marxism-Leninism
形式主义 xíng shì zhǔ yì Formalism (art)
列宁主义 Liè níng zhǔ yì Leninism
军国主义 jūn guó zhǔ yì militarism
业务主管  chief operating officer
保护主义 bǎo hù zhǔ yì protectionism
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