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Chinese
Pronunciation
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):
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 主人公 (MC tsyuX nyin kuwng).
Pronunciation
Noun
主人公 • (shujinkō)
- a protagonist (main character)
- この物語の主人公は蛙である。
- Kono monogatari no shujinkō wa kaeru de aru.
- The main character in this story is a frog.
See also
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
主人公 • (ju'in'gong) (hangeul 주인공)
- Hanja form? of 주인공 (“protagonist”). (main character)