盟主

Chinese

		oath; pledge; union oath; pledge; union; to ally	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
simp. and trad. (盟主)		盟	主

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méngzhǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ ㄓㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mang⁴ zyu²
Min Nan (POJ): bêng-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: méngzhǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄓㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengjuu
  - IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mang⁴ zyu²
  - Yale: màhng jyú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴ dzy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴ ju²
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹ t͡ɕyː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chú
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengzuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

Noun

盟主

leader of an alliance

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盟	主
めい Grade: 6	しゅ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 盟主

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) めーしゅ [méꜜèshù] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [me̞ːɕɨᵝ]
Homophones: 名手, 名主, 明主

Noun

盟主 (hiragana めいしゅ, rōmaji meishu)

an alliance leader
- 2007 October 20, Hiroshi, Izawa; Kotaro, Yamada, “最さい終しゅう話わ　それぞれの道みちへ [Final Chapter: Epilog]”, in ファイアーエムブレム覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], volume 5 (fiction, in Japanese), Jump Remix edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 351:
  美 (うつく)しき盟 (めい)主 (しゅ)リリーナ
  Utsukushiki Meishu Rirīna
  Lilena, Beautiful Commander of the Alliance

See also

同 (どう)盟 (めい) (dōmei)

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