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主子

Mandarin · pinyin zhǔ zi

Master (term used by servant)
Your Majesty
operator (of machine)

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主: zhǔ · master, chief owner; host; lord
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

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3–5 · zhu3 zi5

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zyu2 zi2

Cantonese word readings for 主子. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

master; boss
emperor; Your Majesty; His Majesty
emperor; Your Majesty; His Majesty — (endearing) one's own cat
operator of a machine
manipulator
customer; client
function; role; part

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