지주

Jeju

Alternative forms

제주 (jeju)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 濟州.

Pronunciation

(Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽t͡ɕit͡ɕu⫽
(Jeju City) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕid͡ʑu]
Phonetic hangul: [지주]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jiju
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jiju
Yale Romanization^?	cicwu

Proper noun

지주 (jiju)

(Seogwipo) Jeju (an island and province of South Korea)

Korean

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕid͡ʑu]
Phonetic hangul: [지주]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jiju
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jiju
McCune–Reischauer^?	chiju
Yale Romanization^?	cicwu

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 地主, from 地 (“land”) + 主 (“master; lord”)

Noun

지주 • (jiju) (hanja 地主)

landowner; landlord
지주 계급 을 청산하다 ― jiju gyegeub-eul cheongsanhada ― to eliminate the landlord class

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 支柱, from 支 (“to support”) + 柱 (“pillar”).

Noun

지주 • (jiju) (hanja 支柱)

pillar; supporting pillar
Synonym: 기둥 (gidung)
(figurative) anchor; support; mainstay
정신적 지주 ― jeongsinjeok jiju ― psychological anchor
- 1975, 노평구, “Introduction”, in 김교신 전집 별권: 김교신을 말한다, 부키, published 2021:
  그리고 이 모든 것 밑 에 십자가 신앙 이 있어 이 가 그 의 생명 을 이루고 또 그 의 생애 의 지주였다.
  Geurigo i modeun geot mit-e sipjaga sinang-i isseo i-ga geu-ui saengmyeong-eul irugo tto geu-ui saeng'ae-ui jiju-yeotda.
  And under all this, there was his faith in the Cross; this constituted his life force, and was the anchor of his life.

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 持株, from 持 (“to hold”) + 株 (“stock”), orthographic borrowing from Japanese 持(も)ち株(かぶ) (mochikabu).

Noun

지주 • (jiju) (hanja 持株)

(finance) stock that one holds; stock that one owns

Derived terms

지주 회사(持株會社) (jiju hoesa, “holding company”)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 蜘蛛 (“spider”).

Noun

지주 • (jiju) (counter 마리, hanja 蜘蛛)

(archaic) spider
Synonym: 거미 (geomi)