支柱

Chinese

		(a measure word); to support; to sustain (a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money	pillar
simp. and trad. (支柱)		支	柱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ cyu⁵

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi-chū / ki-chū / ki-chǔ / chi-thiāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihjhù
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-chu⁴
    • Yale: jr̄-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyjuh
    • Palladius: чжичжу (čžičžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ cyu⁵
    • Yale: jī chyúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ tsy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ qu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-chū
    • Tâi-lô: tsi-tsū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cizu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-chū
    • Tâi-lô: ki-tsū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kizu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-chǔ
    • Tâi-lô: ki-tsǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ t͡su²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-thiāu
    • Tâi-lô: tsi-thiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ci'tiau
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiau³³/

Noun

支柱

1. (literally) pillar; prop
2. (figuratively) mainstay; backbone

Derived terms

• 支柱產業／支柱产业 (zhīzhù chǎnyè)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
支	柱
し Grade: 5	ちゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

支(し)柱(ちゅう) • (shichū) 

1. (construction, architecture) brace, prop, strut, supporting pillar, supporting column, post

Korean

Hanja in this term
支	柱

Noun

支柱 • (jiju) (hangeul 지주)

1. Hanja form^? of 지주 (“pillar, supporting pillar; anchor, support, mainstay”).