地主

Chinese

		earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
trad. (地主)		地	主
simp. ^#(地主)		地	主

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìzhǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄨˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dei⁶ zyu²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ei⁵ zi²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thi-chú

(Hailu, HRS): ti^˖ zhu^ˊ
Eastern Min (BUC): dê-ciō
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tē-chú / tōe-chú
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶di-tsy₅ / ⁶di-tsyu₃

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìzhǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄓㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìjhǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ti⁴-chu³
  - Yale: dì-jǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihjuu
  - Palladius: дичжу (dičžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: dei⁶ zyu²
  - Yale: deih jyú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dei⁶ dzy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: déi⁶ ju²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tei̯²² t͡syː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ei⁵ zi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ei³² t͡si⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thi-chú
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti zu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ti⁴ zu³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi⁵⁵ t͡su³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti^˖ zhu^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi³³ t͡ʃu²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dê-ciō
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒuo³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-chú
  - Tâi-lô: tē-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexzuo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōe-chú
  - Tâi-lô: tuē-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doexzuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /tue³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶di-tsy₅
  - MiniDict: di^去 tsy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³di-tsr₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁶di-tsyu₃
  - MiniDict: di^去 tsyu^上
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /di¹³ t͡sz̩ʷ²¹/

Noun

地主

(often derogatory, historical) owner of real estate; landowner; landlord
豪強地主／豪强地主 ― háoqiáng dìzhǔ ― despotic landowners
(literary) local host
- 夫諸侯之會，事既畢矣，侯伯致禮，地主歸餼，以相辭也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  夫诸侯之会，事既毕矣，侯伯致礼，地主归饩，以相辞也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Fú zhūhóu zhī huì, shì jì bì yǐ, hóubó zhì lǐ, dìzhǔ guī xì, yǐ xiàng cí yě. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

(owner of real estate):

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厝主 (chió-ciō) (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew)
厝東家 / 厝东家 (chio̤̿-dóng-gá) (Northern Min)
厝頭家 / 厝头家 (Hokkien)
房東 / 房东 (fángdōng)
東人 / 东人 (dōngrén) (archaic)
東家 / 东家 (dōngjiā) (literary)

Derived terms

地主之誼 / 地主之谊
地主神 (dìzhǔshén)
地主階級 / 地主阶级 (dìzhǔ jiējí)
客家佔地主 / 客家占地主

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (地主):

→ Japanese: 地(じ)主(しゅ) (jishu)
→ Korean: 지주(地主) (jiju)
→ Vietnamese: địa chủ (地主)

Proper noun

地主

(religion) "Lord of the Land" (that protects a house)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
地	主
じ Grade: 2	ぬし Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じぬし [jìnúshí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑinɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

地(じ)主(ぬし) • (jinushi)

landowner

References

“地主”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
地	主

Noun

地主 • (jiju) (hangeul 지주)

hanja form^? of 지주 (“landlord; landowner”)