主張

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Chinese

 
to own; to host; master
to own; to host; master; lord; primary
 (a measure word); surname; open up
trad. (主張) 主 張
simp. (主张) 主 张

Pronunciation

Noun

主張

  1. position; point of view; opinion
    你怎麼沒有一點主張？ [MSC, trad.]
    你怎么没有一点主张？ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zěnme méiyǒu yīdiǎn zhǔzhāng?
    Why don't you seem to have any point of view?

Synonyms

Verb

主張

  1. to maintain a position; to advocate; to stand for something
    主張廢除死刑的人是冷血的人。 [MSC, trad.]
    主张废除死刑的人是冷血的人。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhǔzhāng fèichú sǐxíng de rén shì lěngxuè de rén.
    Death penalty opponents are cold-blooded.
  2. (Southern Min) to think; to believe; to hold an opinion
  3. (archaic) to dominate; to rule; to dictate; to master

Synonyms

  • (to maintain a position):
  • (to dominate):

Derived terms

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主 張
しゅ
Grade: 3 		ちょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

主(しゅ)張(ちょう) • (shuchō) 

  1. opinion, assertion, contention
    その主張(しゅちょう)には一理(いちり)ある。
    Sono shuchō ni wa ichiri aru.
    You have a point there.

Verb

主(しゅ)張(ちょう)する • (shuchō suru) suru (stem 主(しゅ)張(ちょう)し (shuchō shi), past 主(しゅ)張(ちょう)した (shuchō shita))

  1. maintain, argue, claim

Conjugation

Conjugation of "主張する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 主張し しゅちょうし shuchō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 主張し しゅちょうし shuchō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 主張する しゅちょうする shuchō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 主張する しゅちょうする shuchō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 主張すれ しゅちょうすれ shuchō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 主張せよ¹
主張しろ² 		しゅちょうせよ¹
しゅちょうしろ² 		shuchō seyo¹
shuchō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 主張される しゅちょうされる shuchō sareru
Causative 主張させる
主張さす 		しゅちょうさせる
しゅちょうさす 		shuchō saseru
shuchō sasu
Potential 主張できる しゅちょうできる shuchō dekiru
Volitional 主張しよう しゅちょうしよう shuchō shiyō
Negative 主張しない しゅちょうしない shuchō shinai
Negative continuative 主張せず しゅちょうせず shuchō sezu
Formal 主張します しゅちょうします shuchō shimasu
Perfective 主張した しゅちょうした shuchō shita
Conjunctive 主張して しゅちょうして shuchō shite
Hypothetical conditional 主張すれば しゅちょうすれば shuchō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
主張

Noun

主張 • (jujang) (hangeul 주장)

  1. Hanja form? of 주장 (“claim, assertion”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
主張

Noun

主張

  1. chữ Hán form of chủ trương (“position; standpoint; policy”).

Verb

主張

  1. chữ Hán form of chủ trương (“to advocate; to assert; to maintain”).
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