家主

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
simp. and trad. (家主)		家	主

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāzhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ zyu²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-chú
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ke-chú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gê¹ zu²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ka-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāzhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiajhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-chu³
    • Yale: jyā-jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiajuu
    • Palladius: цзячжу (czjačžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ zyu²
    • Yale: gā jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ dzy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ ju²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ t͡syː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-chú
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga^ˊ zu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ zu³
    • Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴ t͡su³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-chú
    • Tâi-lô: ke-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kezuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ke³³ t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gê¹ zu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ke tsú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke³³⁻²³ t͡su⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ka-tsy
    • MiniDict: ka^平 tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ka-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

Noun

家主

1. (literary, dated in Wu) master of a household; head of a family; patriarch

Synonyms

• (Wu, dated) 家主公

Japanese

Kanji in this term
家	主
や Grade: 2	ぬし Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やぬし [yáꜜnùshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠nɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

家(や)主(ぬし) • (yanushi) 

1. owner of a house
2. landlord or landlady

References

• “家主”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025