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The Cantonese word zyu jan - 主人 - zyu2 jan4
(host in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

zyu2 jan4

English translations

host, master

Chinese characters:

主人
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主人 (zyu2 jan4) is composed of these characters: 主, 人
The traditional Chinese characters of zyu2 jan4 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

master  |  person
主人 ( zyu jan / zyu2 jan4 ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 457)
More words that mean host in Cantonese
zyu2 ( 主 )
More words that mean master in Cantonese
daai6 gaa1 ( 大家 ), gu3 zyu2 ( 雇主 ), sek6 si6 ( 硕士 ), si1 fu6 ( 师傅 ), zyu2 ( 主 )

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