主人公

Chinese

		master; owner; host	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (主人公)		主人	公
simp. ^#(主人公)		主人	公

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǔréngōng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² jan⁴ gung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔréngōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔréngong
  - Wade–Giles: chu³-jên²-kung¹
  - Yale: jǔ-rén-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juurengong
  - Palladius: чжужэньгун (čžužɛnʹgun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyu² jan⁴ gung¹
  - Yale: jyú yàhn gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² jan⁴ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ju² yen⁴ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵ jɐn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

主人公

protagonist (main character)
(literary, honorific) host (person who receives or entertains other people as guests)

Synonyms

(protagonist): 主角 (zhǔjué), 主人翁 (zhǔrénwēng)
(host):

主人 (zhǔrén)
主人翁 (zhǔrénwēng) (literary, honorific)
東人 / 东人 (dōngrén) (archaic)
東家 / 东家 (dōngjiā)
東道 / 东道 (dōngdào)
東道主 / 东道主 (dōngdàozhǔ)
東道主人 / 东道主人 (dōngdào zhǔrén)

Derived terms

女主人公 (nǚzhǔréngōng)
男主人公 (nánzhǔréngōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	人	公
しゅ Grade: 3	じん Grade: 1	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 主人公 (MC tsyuX nyin kuwng).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅじんこー [shùjíꜜǹkòò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨʑĩŋko̞ː]

(Kyoto) しゅじんこー [shújíńꜜkòò] (Kōki)^[1]

Noun

主(しゅ)人(じん)公(こう) • (shujinkō)

a protagonist (main character)
この物(もの)語(がたり)の主(しゅ)人(じん)公(こう)は蛙(かえる)である。
Kono monogatari no shujinkō wa kaeru de aru.
The main character in this story is a frog.

See also

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “しゅじん‐こう【主人公】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
主	人	公

Noun

主人公 • (ju'in'gong) (hangeul 주인공)

hanja form^? of 주인공 (“protagonist”) (main character)