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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chú-līm / chú-jīm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zu² rim⁶

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-līm
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-līm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwlim
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 主任

1. director; chairman; supervisor

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	任
しゅ Grade: 3	にん Grade: 5
on'yomi

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 (deprecated template usage) Ｑ.Ｅ.Ｄ. [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

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
主	任

Noun

主任

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