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主語

主語

See also: 主语

Chinese

		to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary	dialect; language; speech dialect; language; speech; tell to
trad. (主語)		主	語
simp. (主语)		主	语

Noun

主語

subject

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	語
しゅ Grade: 3	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

主語 ‎(hiragana しゅご, romaji shugo)

(grammar) subject

See also

述語 (じゅつご) ‎(jutsugo, “predicate”)
目的語 (もくてきご) ‎(mokutekigo, “object”)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhǔyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² jyu⁵
Min Nan (POJ): chú-gí / chú-gú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǔyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄩˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juuyeu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyu² jyu⁵
  - Yale: jyú yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² jy⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyː³⁵ jyː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-gí / chú-gú
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-gí / tsú-gú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zw'gie, zw'guo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gi⁵³/, /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ gi⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ gu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gi⁵³/, /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gi⁵³/, /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ gi⁴¹/, /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ gu⁴¹/