主意

Chinese

		to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (主意)		主	意

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zhǔyì, zhúyì

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ, ㄓㄨˊ ㄧˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zu³ yi⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җўйи (žwyi, II-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² ji³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chú-yi

(Hailu, HRS): zhu^ˊ rhi^ˇ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zou³ i⁴ / zoo³ i⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chú-ì

(Teochew, Peng'im): zu² i³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsy-i

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔyì → zhǔyi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ → ㄓㄨˇ ˙ㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔyi̊
  - Wade–Giles: chu³-i⁵
  - Yale: jǔ-yi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juu.yih
  - Palladius: чжуи (čžui)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴ i⁴/
  - Homophones:
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    主意
    主義 / 主义
    屬意 / 属意
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhúyì → zhúyi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄧˋ → ㄓㄨˊ ˙ㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhúyi̊
  - Wade–Giles: chu²-i⁵
  - Yale: jú-yi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu.yih
  - Palladius: чжуи (čžui)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ i⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ i³/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zu³ yi⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zuj
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵³ i²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җўйи (žwyi, II-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ i⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyu² ji³
  - Yale: jyú yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ju² yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵ jiː³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˋ i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ i⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˋ (r)i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ (j)i⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zhu^ˊ rhi^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃu²⁴⁻³³ ʒi¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zou³ i⁴ [Phonetic: zou⁵ i⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cô-i̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ i⁴²/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zou³ i⁴ [Phonetic: zou⁵ i⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ i⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zou³ i⁴ [Phonetic: zou⁵ i⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔu³³²⁻²¹ i⁴²/
- (Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zou³ i⁴ [Phonetic: zou⁵ i⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou³³²⁻²¹ i⁴²/
- (Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zoo³ i⁴ [Phonetic: zoo⁵ i⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔ⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ i⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-ì
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zwix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ i⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ i¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ i²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zu² i³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsú ì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su⁵²⁻³⁵ i²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsy-i
  - MiniDict: tsy^去 i
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr-i
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³³ i⁴⁴/

Noun

主意

idea; plan
好主意 ― hǎo zhǔyì ― good idea

這主意聽起來不錯。 [MSC, trad.]
这主意听起来不错。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè zhǔyì tīngqǐlai bùcuò. [Pinyin]
That sounds like a good idea.
personal judgement; opinion; decision
means; method; way

Synonyms

(idea):

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心念 (xīnniàn)
心思 (xīnsī)
志意 (zhìyì) (literary)
念 (niàn) (literary, or in compounds)
念頭 / 念头 (niàntou)
思想 (sīxiǎng)
意念 (yìniàn)
想法
想頭 / 想头 (xiǎngtou) (colloquial)
理念 (lǐniàn)
算法 (Puxian Min)
諗法 / 谂法 (nam² faat³) (Cantonese)
點子 / 点子 (diǎnzi)

(personal judgement):

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主心骨 (zhǔxīngǔ) (figurative)
主見 / 主见 (zhǔjiàn)
己見 / 己见 (jǐjiàn)

(means):

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作法 (zuòfǎ)
做法 (zuòfǎ)
卯竅 / 卯窍 (mao³ qiao⁴) (Sichuanese)
套套 (tau³ tau^3-2) (Jin, colloquial)
對策 / 对策 (duìcè)
工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
手段 (shǒuduàn)
措施 (cuòshī)
撇步 (Hokkien, secret method)
方式 (fāngshì)
方法 (fāngfǎ)
步拍 (Xiamen Hokkien)
步數 / 步数 (Hokkien)
法子 (colloquial)
法度 (Hokkien)
渠道 (qúdào)
竅門 / 窍门 (qiàomén)
竅門兒 / 窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
訣竅 / 诀窍 (juéqiào) (secret method)
訣要 / 诀要 (juéyào)
路子 (lùzi)
路徑 / 路径 (lùjìng)
蹊徑 / 蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
辦法 / 办法 (bànfǎ)
途徑 / 途径 (tújìng)
進路 / 进路 (jìnlù)
道理 (dàolǐ)
道術 / 道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
道道 (dau³ dau^3-2) (Jin)
門徑 / 门径 (ménjìng)
門路 / 门路 (ménlù)
門道 / 门道 (méndao)
門頭 / 门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
頭路 / 头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

Derived terms

不得主意
出主意
好主意
打主意
打定主意
拿主意 (ná zhǔyi)
歪主意
沒主意 / 没主意
沒了主意 / 没了主意
沒得主意 / 没得主意
沒有主意 / 没有主意
餿主意 / 馊主意
鬼主意

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (主意):

→ Japanese: 主(しゅ)意(い) (shui)
→ Korean: 주의(主意) (juui)
→ Vietnamese: chủ ý (主意)

Verb

主意

(Hakka, Hokkien) to make a decision; to decide
(Puxian Min) to maintain a position; to advocate; to stand for something

Synonyms

(to make a decision):
做主 (zuòzhǔ)
(to maintain a position):

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主張 / 主张 (zhǔzhāng)
主持 (zhǔchí)
倡導 / 倡导 (chàngdǎo)
倡議 / 倡议 (chàngyì)
提倡 (tíchàng)
發起 / 发起 (fāqǐ)

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “2083 主张（动词）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 488.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	意
しゅ Grade: 3	い Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕɨi]

Noun

主(しゅ)意(い) • (shui)

main idea, essential idea; core meaning

Synonyms

主眼(しゅがん) (shugan)

References

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	意

Noun

主意 • (juui) (hangeul 주의)

hanja form^? of 주의 (“main idea, essential idea; core meaning”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
主	意

Noun

主意

chữ Hán form of chủ ý (“intention; purpose”)

Verb

主意

chữ Hán form of chủ ý (“to intend (to); to mean (to)”)