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Chinese
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to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
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justice; righteousness; meaning
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trad. (主義)
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主
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義
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simp. (主义)
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主
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义
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Etymology
- "position, stance"
- From Records of the Grand Historian:
- "doctrine, ideology"
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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主
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義
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zhǔ
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yì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tsyuX ›
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‹ ngjeH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*toʔ/
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/*ŋ(r)aj-s/
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English
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master; host
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duty; justice
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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主
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義
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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17618
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13045
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Phonetic component
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主
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我
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Rime group
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侯
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歌
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Rime subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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主
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議
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Old Chinese
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/*tjoʔ/
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/*ŋrals/
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Noun
主義
- (chiefly as a suffix) doctrine; ideology; -ism
- 社會主義/社会主义 ― shèhuì zhǔyì ― socialism
- (literary) position; stance
Usage notes
Hans van Ess translates 主義/主义 (zhǔyì) in Shiji as "the right conduct of a ruler".
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Verb
主義
- (Classical) to uphold righteousness
References
- ^ Van Ess, Hans (transl.) "Sequence of his Honor, the Grand Scribe’s Own , Memoir 70"; in Sima Qian (author) & Nienhauser, W. H. Jr. (ed.), (2019) The Grand Scribe's Records - Volume XI: The Memoirs of Han China, Part IV. Publisher: Indiana University Press.
Japanese
Etymology
From Literary Chinese 主義 (zhǔyì), attested in the Records of the Grand Historian
Pronunciation
Noun
主義 • (shugi)
- a principle or set of principles; a doctrine; an ism
- あの人は主義に基づいて契約を拒絶するはずです。
- Ano hito wa shugi ni motozuite keiyaku o kyozetsu suru hazu desu.
- I expect they will reject the contract on principle.
Suffix
主義 • (-shugi)
- -ism
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
主義 • (juui) (hangeul 주의)
- Hanja form? of 주의 (“-ism”).
Vietnamese
Noun
主義
- chữ Hán form of chủ nghĩa (“-ism; doctrine”).