主任

Chinese

		to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (主任)		主	任
simp. #(主任)		主	任

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔrèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² jam⁶

• Gan (Wiktionary): 'jy³ liin⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chú-yim

  (Hailu, HRS): zhu^ˊ rhim^˖

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chú-līm / chú-jīm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zu² rim⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsy-zen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔrèn
    • Wade–Giles: chu³-jên⁴
    • Yale: jǔ-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juurenn
    • Palladius: чжужэнь (čžužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu² jam⁶
    • Yale: jyú yahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² jam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju² yem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵ jɐm²²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'jy³ liin⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡ɕy²¹³⁻²⁴ lɨn¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-yim
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˋ im
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ yim⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ im⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-yim
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˋ (r)im
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ yim⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ (j)im⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zhu^ˊ rhim^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃu²⁴⁻³³ ʒim³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-līm
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-līm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwlim
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lim⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-jīm
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-jīm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwjim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zim²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zim³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zu² rim⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsú jĭm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡zim³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsy-zen
    • MiniDict: tsy^去 zen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr-zen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³³ zən⁴⁴/

Noun

主任

1. director; chairman; supervisor
2. (Hong Kong) officer

Derived terms

• 主任委員 / 主任委员
• 教務主任 / 教务主任
• 班主任 (bānzhǔrèn)
• 系主任 (xìzhǔrèn)

References

• “主任”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.