HOST    主人

LEADER of a HOME OR FEAST.
PARTY-GIVERHOSTESSENTERTAINER
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for the host on a ritual occasion is zhǔ 主
Modern Chinese Criteria
主人 主 東家 東道 東 is limited to idiomatic phrases. 作東 is a formal way of referring to playing the host. 東人 地主 主人公 家主 家公 主婦 refers to the hostess. 主母 refers to the hostess. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
  • GUESTINVITED VISITOR FROM a DIFFERENT PLACE OR FAMILY IN-RELATION-TO someone in whose PLACE S/HE BE-IN:is in.
Hypernym
  • LEAD　CONTROL so as to CAUSE TO FOLLOW OR OBEY oneself. (anc: 14/0, child: 1)
  • CONTROL　INTERACT so as to CAUSE TO BE OR ACT RESEMBLE:as one DESIRES. (anc: 13/0, child: 7)
  • INTERACT　ACT so as to CAUSE ANOTHER TO REACT. (anc: 12/0, child: 14)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 19.57

    • Words (5 items)

    主  zhǔ OC: tjoʔ MC: tɕi̯o 21 Attributions

    The standard word for the host on a ritual occasion is zhǔ 主

      Syntactic words
    • na host, person ritually in charge
    • n(post-N)host of the contextually determinate NDS
    • nfigurativehost (BUDDH. one of the central terms in 臨濟's teaching, referring frequently to the teacher, as opposed to 賓 the 'disciple', but more generally also to the 'objectice', as opposed to the 'subjective')
    • npost-Nhost of, leader of
    • vtoNbe the host of (a meeting)CH
    主人  zhǔ rén OC: tjoʔ njin MC: tɕi̯o ȵin 19 Attributions

      Syntactic words
    • NP(post-N)host; master of ceremonies; pater familias
    大家  dà jiā OC: daads kraa MC: dɑi kɣɛ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPdefinitethe host, the person in charge of the clan
    阿郎  ā láng OC: qlaal ɡ-raaŋ MC: ʔɑ lɑŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmaster of the house, landlord
    主家  zhǔ jiā OC: tjoʔ kraa MC: tɕi̯o kɣɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPhost