主席
Chinese
to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary |
banquet; woven mat; seat banquet; woven mat; seat; place | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (主席) |
主 | 席 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu2 zik6
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'jy3 xit6
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): ciō-sĭk
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zy3 sih7
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 5tsy-zhiq8 / 3tsyu-jiq8
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔxí
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄒㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔsí
- Wade–Giles: chu3-hsi2
- Yale: jǔ-syí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juushyi
- Palladius: чжуси (čžusi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi³⁵/
- (Dungan)
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zyu2 zik6
- Yale: jyú jihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzy2 dzik9
- Guangdong Romanization: ju2 jig6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡syː³⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-si̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: zuˋ xid
- Hagfa Pinyim: zu3 xid6
- Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ sit̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: zhuˊ sidˋ
- Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃu²⁴⁻³³ sit²/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: zu3 xid6
- Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ ɕit̚⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zy3 sih7 [Phonetic: zy5 sih7]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cṳ̂-si̍h
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sy⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ɬiʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zy3 sih7 [Phonetic: zy5 sih7]
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sy³³²⁻²¹ ɬiʔ⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-se̍k
- Tâi-lô: tsú-si̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: zwsek
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-si̍t
- Tâi-lô: tsú-si̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: zwsit
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sit̚²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zu2 ciêh8 / zu2 cioh8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsú tshie̍h / tsú tshio̍h
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡su⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰieʔ⁴/, /t͡su⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰioʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
Noun
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
- 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
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Others:
- → Bouyei: zujxif
- → Tibetan: ཀྲུའུ་ཞི (kru'u zhi)
- → Zhuang: cujsiz
See also
- 首相 (shǒuxiàng)
- 議長／议长 (yìzhǎng)
- 宰相 (zǎixiàng), 丞相 (chéngxiàng)
- 總理／总理 (zǒnglǐ)
- 總統／总统 (zǒngtǒng)
- 閣揆／阁揆 (gékuí)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 主 | 席 |
| しゅ Grade: 3 |
せき Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
主席 • (shuseki)
- (government) president (of a socialist state)
- chairperson, chairman, chairwoman
- top-ranked seat
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 主 | 席 |
Noun
主席 • (juseok) (hangeul 주석)
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 主 | 席 |
Noun
主席
- chữ Hán form of chủ tịch (“president, chairperson”)