主席
Chinese edit
to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary |
banquet; woven mat; seat banquet; woven mat; seat; place | ||
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simp. and trad. (主席) |
主 | 席 |
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主席
- chairperson (of a meeting); leader of meeting (Classifier: 位)
- chairperson (of a country or a party); chairman or chairwoman; president; premier (Classifier: 位)
- 毛主席 ― Máo zhǔxí ― Chairman Mao (specifically Mao Zedong)
Usage notes edit
- 主席 (zhǔxí) is only used to refer to the President of the People's Republic of China, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, President of the Republic of Cuba, while the presidents of all other republics are referred to as 總統/总统 (zǒngtǒng).
- The current trend in regards to the PRC is to translate this term as "president" rather than "chairman". See President of the People's Republic of China on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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主 | 席 |
しゅ Grade: 3 |
せき Grade: 4 |
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- (government) president (of a socialist state)
- chairperson, chairman, chairwoman
- top-ranked seat
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主 | 席 |
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Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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主 | 席 |
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主席
- chữ Hán form of chủ tịch (“president, chairperson”).