宿主

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Chinese

		(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
simp. and trad. (宿主)		宿	主

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sùzhǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄓㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ zyu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sùzhǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄓㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sùjhǔ
  - Wade–Giles: su⁴-chu³
  - Yale: sù-jǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhjuu
  - Palladius: сучжу (sučžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk¹ zyu²
  - Yale: sūk jyú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ dzy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ ju²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ t͡syː³⁵/

Noun

宿主

(biology) host

Synonyms

寄主 (jìzhǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宿	主
しゅく Grade: 3	しゅ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅくしゅ (Heiban – )^[1]
(Tokyo) しゅくしゅ (Nakadaka – )^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

宿(しゅく)主(しゅ) • (shukushu)

(biology) host

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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