自主

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
simp. and trad. (自主)		自	主

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìzhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ zyu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chīr-chú / chū-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìzhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄓㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhjhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-chu³
    • Yale: dz̀-jǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhjuu
    • Palladius: цзычжу (czyčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ zyu²
    • Yale: jih jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ dzy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ ju²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² t͡syː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-chú
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-tsú
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-chú
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/

Verb

自主

1. to take the initiative; to act autonomously

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (自主):

• → Japanese: 自主(じしゅ) (jishu)
• → Korean: 자주(自主) (jaju)
• → Vietnamese: tự chủ (自主)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
自	主
じ Grade: 2	しゅ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

自(じ)主(しゅ) • (jishu) 

1. independence

Derived terms

• 自主的
• 自主権
• 自主性