Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- 主
- Transliteration
- zyu2
- Rejected alternatives
- 事頭, 老爺
Lord
Established term. Romans 10:9’s confession ‘Jesus is Lord’ = 耶穌是主. Avoid 事頭 (si6 tau4, Cantonese colloquial for ‘boss/proprietor’) and 老爺 (a feudal-era honorific for a master or official), which reduce exclusive divine Lordship to an employment or social-hierarchy relation.