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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méngzhǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄓㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méngjhǔ
  - Wade–Giles: mêng²-chu³
  - Yale: méng-jǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengjuu
  - Palladius: мэнчжу (mɛnčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mang⁴ zyu²
  - Yale: màhng jyú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴ dzy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴ ju²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹ t͡syː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (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/

Middle Chinese: mjaeng tsyuX

Rime
Character	盟	主
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武兵切	之庾切
Baxter	mjaeng	tsyuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiæŋ/	/t͡ɕɨo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiaŋ/	/t͡ɕio^X/
Shao Rongfen	/miaŋ/	/t͡ɕio^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/	/cuə̆^X/
Li Rong	/miɐŋ/	/t͡ɕio^X/
Wang Li	/mĭɐŋ/	/t͡ɕĭu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɐŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	zhǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming⁴	zyu²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mraŋ toʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*mraŋ tjoʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	盟	主
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	méng	zhǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ mjæng ›	‹ tsyu^X ›
Old Chinese	/*mraŋ/	/*toʔ/
English	covenant	master; host
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盟	主
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	9189	17618
Phonetic component	明	主
Rime group	陽	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	明	主
Old Chinese	/*mraŋ/	/*tjoʔ/

Noun

盟主

leader of an alliance

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (盟主):

→ Japanese: 盟(めい)主(しゅ) (meishu)
→ Korean: 맹주(盟主) (maengju)
→ Vietnamese: minh chủ (盟主)

Japanese

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

Etymology

From Chinese 盟主 (méngzhǔ).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーしゅ [méꜜèshù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [me̞ːɕɨᵝ]

- Homophones: 名手, 名主, 明主

Noun

盟(めい)主(しゅ) • (meishu)

an alliance leader
- 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “最(さい)終(しゅう)話(わ)　それぞれの道(みち)へ”, in ファイアーエムブレム覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 351:
  
  美(うつく)しき盟(めい)主(しゅ)リリーナ
  Utsukushiki Meishu Rirīna
  Lilina, Beautiful Commander of the Alliance

See also

同(どう)盟(めい) (dōmei)

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