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- owner
- master
- host
- individual or party concerned
- God
- Lord
- main
- to indicate or signify
- trump card (in card games)
Trad. 主創
- to play a major role in a creative endeavor (e.g. making a movie)
- person who plays a key creative role (e.g. movie director)
Trad. 主動
- to take the initiative
- to do sth of one's own accord
- spontaneous
- active
- opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]
- drive (of gears and shafts etc)
Trad. 主場
- (sports) home ground; home field
- (sports) home game
- main venue (for a festival etc)
Trad. 主婦
- housewife
- woman of senior authority in a household
- the lady of the house
- hostess
Trad. 主將
- commander-in-chief (military)
- star player (sports)
- key figure (in an organization)
Trad. 主張
- to advocate
- to stand for
- view
- position
- stand
- proposition
- viewpoint
- assertion
- CL:個|个[ge4]
Trad. 主從
- master-slave (computing)
- client-server (computing)
- primary and secondary
- principal; main; flagship (product); title (track)
- to specialize in; to take as one's priority; to primarily focus on
- to take charge of
- to manage or direct
- to preside over
- to uphold
- to stand for (justice etc)
- to host (a TV or radio program etc)
- (TV) anchor
Trad. 主機
- main engine
- (military) lead aircraft
- (computing) host computer
- main processor
- server
- main stream (of a river)
- fig. the essential point
- main viewpoint of a matter
- mainstream (culture etc)
- benefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson)
- donor (semiconductor)
- a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
- overlord
- hegemon
Trad. 主線
- main line (of communication)
- main thread (of a plotline or concept)
- central theme
- to act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairs
- (sports) to referee; to umpire; to officiate
- referee; umpire (abbr. for 主裁判[zhu3 cai2 pan4])
Trad. 主計
- chief accounting officer
- controller
- comptroller
- (Han Dynasty) treasurer
Trad. 主訴
- (medicine) to complain of; a patient's brief account of their illness
- (law) main suit; principal claim
- (of property) to change owners
- (of sovereignty, political power etc) to change hands
Trad. 主軸
- axis
- principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc)
- main axle (of engine)
- to invade and take control of (a territory); to take the helm at (an organization); (of a company) to take control of (another company)
Trad. 主銷
- kingpin (vehicle part)
- to focus one's marketing efforts on (a region, product etc)
- (Islam) Jumu'ah (refers to Friday or the noon prayer on Friday) (loanword from Arabic)
- (Islam) a week
Trad. 樓主
- original poster (in an online forum)
- landlord of a building (traditional)
- (old) the family of the victim in a murder case
- (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc)
- (Tw) (coll.) person who bears the burden while others benefit
- head of a clan
- natural leader
- person of prestige and authority in a domain
- suzerain
- master (of the house)
- main character in a novel etc
- hero or heroine
Trad. 主力軍
- main force (military)
- (fig.) the group or element with the most impact
- mainstay
- main cohort
Trad. 主動權
- initiative (as in "seize the initiative")
- advantageous position that allows one to call the shots
- lit. little princess
- fig. spoiled girl
- female version of 小皇帝[xiao3 huang2 di4]
- (Hong Kong politics) the pro-democracy camp (founded 1987), aka the pan-democrats
Trad. 主席國
- chair country
- country holding revolving presidency
Trad. 民主牆
- Democracy Wall, Beijing (1978-1979), and bulletin boards inspired by it, in some Hong Kong universities
Trad. 主幹線
- trunk line (of road, network etc)
- backbone (cable)
- (music) lead single; the main song promoted from an album
- host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor
- (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
- (music) theme; principal melody
- (fig.) central theme; main idea
- (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view
Trad. 土財主
- local wealthy landlord
- country money-bags
- rich provincial
UP主
- (Internet slang) uploader (person who uploads a video or other content to the Internet)
- pronounced [a4 pu5 zhu3]
- (loanword from Japanese うｐ主, "upunushi")