Chinese

Noun

主人

1. master; owner
2. host or hostess

Derived terms

Descendants

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅ​じん [shúꜜjìǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɯᵝd͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

主人 ‎(hiragana しゅじん, romaji shujin)

1. (humble) (one's own) husband (use ご主人 to refer to somebody else's husband)
2. someone's master
3. owner
4. host or hostess

Synonyms

• (husband): 夫 (おっと) ‎(otto, “husband”)

Antonyms

• (husband): 妻 (つま) ‎(tsuma, “wife”), 奥 (おく)さん ‎(okusan, “another’s wife”), 家内 (かない) ‎(kanai, “one’s own wife”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Noun

主人 • ‎(ju-in) ‎(hangeul 주인)

1. Hanja form^? of 주인, “master or owner; proprietor”.

Vietnamese

Noun

主人

1. Hán tự form of chủ nhân, “master or owner; proprietor”