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zhǔ

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zhǔ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhǔ | zhu3
English translation
owner
master
host
individual or party concerned
God
Lord
main
to indicate or signify
trump card (in card games)
to own; to host; master; host; lord

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About zhǔ

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

zhǔ

Contains the radical

diǎn

Part of speech

Attributive / 区别词 Qūbié cí

Learning hint

A lamp  Wáng  with a flame  diǎn

Etymology of zhǔ

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

丶王

Explanation

Pictograph of a torch, now written as zhù . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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Example sentences using zhǔ

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tàn le kǒu , zhàn le 起来 qǐlai , 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ de hǎo 裙子 qúnzi ,平头 píng tóu .

She sighed, stood up, automatically adjusted her skirt and smoothed her hair.

这个 zhè ge 脉冲 mài chōng Néng 迫使 pò shǐ 断路器 duàn lù qì 切断 qiē duàn de 主机 zhǔ jī 30 miǎo .

That pulse forces the circuit breaker to shut down her mainframe for 30 seconds.

维修 wéixiū 之后 zhī hòu ,主要 zhǔyào 遗骸 yí hái shèng 馀物 liú zài le 领地 lǐng dì shǎng .

After maintenance the main remains and are left on the domain.

现在 xiànzài shuì 局长 jú zhǎng diū le ,改做公债 gōng zhài , 自然 zìrán 主张 zhǔzhāng yòu 不同 bù tóng le .

Now that I'm a stock - jobber, naturally my likes and dislikes have changed.

yún 主要 zhǔyào 通过 tōngguò 气窗 Ōu Xiàng 地表 dì biǎo 辐射 fúshè 能量 néngliàng .

Clouds return radiant energy to the surface primarily via the atmospheric window.

Words with zhǔ

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character zhǔ in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
主要 zhǔyào main主要 zhǔyào
主意 zhǔyi plan主意 zhǔyi
zhǔ owner zhǔ
主人 zhǔrén master主人 zhǔrén
主题 zhǔtí theme主題
主任 zhǔrèn director主任 zhǔrèn
主席 zhǔxí chairperson主席 zhǔxí
社会主义 shè huì zhǔ yì socialism社會主義
公主 gōngzhǔ princess公主 gōngzhǔ
主动 zhǔdòng active主動
主管 zhǔguǎn in charge主管 zhǔguǎn
主义 zhǔyì -ism主義
主持人 zhǔ chí rén host主持人 zhǔ chí rén
民主 mínzhǔ democracy民主 mínzhǔ
主持 zhǔchí to take charge of主持 zhǔchí
主角 zhǔ jué lead主角 zhǔ jué
为主 wéi zhǔ to rely mainly on為主
毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí Chairman Mao毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí
自主 zìzhǔ independent自主 zìzhǔ
主体 zhǔ tǐ bulk主體
主场 zhǔ chǎng home field主場
主力 zhǔ lì main force主力 zhǔ lì
业主 yè zhǔ owner業主
主办 zhǔbàn to organize主辦
主张 zhǔzhāng to advocate主張

zhǔ Decomposition & Compounds

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zhǔ Decomposition

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zhǔ Compounds

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  • zhǔ
    • zhù
      • xx ,
    • wǎng
    • zhù
    • tǒu
    • zhù , zhù , zhù , zhǔ , zhù , zhù , tǒu , zhǔ , zhǔ , , , , , , , , , , , , zhù
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