住持

Chinese

		to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop	to grasp; to hold; support to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
trad. (住持)		住	持
simp. #(住持)		住	持

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhùchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˋ ㄔˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chū-chhî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhùchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˋ ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhùchíh
    • Wade–Giles: chu⁴-chʻih²
    • Yale: jù-chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juhchyr
    • Palladius: чжучи (čžuči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-chhî
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-tshî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxchii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰi¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰi²³/

Verb

住持

1. (Taoism, Buddhism) to administer a monastery

Noun

住持

1. (Taoism, Buddhism) abbot; head monk

Korean

Hanja in this term
住	持

Noun

住持 • (jiju) (hangeul 지주)

1. Hanja form^? of 지주 (“abbot; head monk”).