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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chú-līm / chú-jīm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zu² rim⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): 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/
• 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

• “Entry #1332”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	任
しゅ Grade: 3	にん Grade: 5
kan’on	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅにん [shùníń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

主(しゅ)任(にん) • (shunin) 

1. a chief; a head
   • 1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階(かい)段(だん) [Jacob’s Stairway]”, in Ｑ.(キュー)Ｅ.(イー)Ｄ.(ディー) 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) (Ｑ.(キュー)Ｅ.(イー)Ｄ.(ディー) 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう)) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 91:

     人(じん)工(こう)生(せい)命(めい)研(けん)究(きゅう)室(しつ)　主(しゅ)任(にん)　エバ゠スークタ

     Jinkō Seimei Kenkyūshitsu Shunin Eba-Sūkuta

     Eva Sukta, Chief of the Artificial Life Laboratory

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
主	任

Noun

主任

1. chữ Hán form of chủ nhiệm (“chief”).