"Owner" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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主人 zhǔ rén master / host / owner / CL:個|个[ge4]
业主 yè zhǔ owner / proprietor
所有者 suǒ yǒu zhě proprietor / owner
主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)
物主 wù zhǔ owner
所有主 suǒ yǒu zhǔ owner / proprietor
东主 dōng zhǔ owner (e.g. of a shop)
所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone / owner
厂家 chǎng jiā factory / manufacturer / (coll.) a factory owner / the factory management
车主 chē zhǔ vehicle owner
店主 diàn zhǔ shop owner
返还 fǎn huán restitution / return of something to its original owner / remittance
房主 fáng zhǔ landlord / house owner
王八 wáng bā tortoise / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel / pimp
失主 shī zhǔ owner of sth lost or stolen
招领 zhāo lǐng to advertise for the owner of lost property
船东 chuán dōng ship owner
奴隶主 nú lì zhǔ slave owner
船主 chuán zhǔ ship's captain / owner of ship
拾金不昧 shí jīn bù mèi to pick up money and not hide it (idiom) / to return property to its owner
物归原主 wù guī yuán zhǔ to return something to its rightful owner
自耕农 zì gēng nóng owner peasant / land-holding peasant
完璧归赵 wán bì guī Zhào lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom) / fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
企业主 qǐ yè zhǔ owner of enterprise
厂主 chǎng zhǔ factory owner
财东 cái dōng shop owner / moneybags
以子之矛，攻子之盾 yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子) / turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard
前车主 qián chē zhǔ previous owner (of a car for sale)
打狗欺主 dǎ gǒu qī zhǔ to beat a dog and bully its owner / fig. to humiliate sb indirectly by bullying a subordinate
有产者 yǒu chǎn zhě property owner / the wealthy
物各有主 wù gè yǒu zhǔ everything has a rightful owner (idiom)
相配物 xiāng pèi wù thing that is well suited / pet animal that suits its owner
国际飞机所有人和驾驶员协会理事会  International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations
业务所有人 yè wù suǒ yǒu rén business owner
沃伦・巴菲特 Wò lún · Bā fēi tè Warren Buffett (1930-), the Sage of Omaha, US investor and philanthropist, principal owner of holding company Berkshire Hathaway
米哈伊尔・普罗霍罗夫 Mǐ hā yī ěr · Pǔ luó huò luó fū Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team)
儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫 ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)
米哈伊尔·普罗霍罗夫 Mǐ hā yī ěr · Pǔ luó huò luó fū Mikhail Prokhorov (1965-), Russian billionaire and owner of the Brooklyn Nets (NBA team)
沃伦·巴菲特 Wò lún · Bā fēi tè Warren Buffett (1930-), the Sage of Omaha, US investor and philanthropist, principal owner of holding company Berkshire Hathaway
代驾 dài jià to drive a vehicle for its owner (often as a paid service for sb who has consumed alcohol) (abbr. for 代理駕駛|代理驾驶[dai4 li3 jia4 shi3]) / substitute driver (abbr. for 代駕司機|代驾司机[dai4 jia4 si1 ji1])
铲屎官 chǎn shǐ guān (neologism) (coll.) pet owner (lit. "official in charge of cleaning up poop")
猫奴 māo nú cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)
正主 zhèng zhǔ central figure / rightful owner / (slang) idol of a fan
王八 wáng ba softshell turtle / cuckold / (old) male owner of a brothel
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