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

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhǔxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄒㄧˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җўщи (žwxi, II-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² zik⁶

• Gan (Wiktionary): 'jy³ xit⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chú-si̍t

  (Hailu, HRS): zhu^ˊ sid^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zu³ xid⁶

• Eastern Min (BUC): ciō-sĭk
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zy³ sih⁷
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chú-se̍k / chú-si̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zu² ciêh⁸ / zu² cioh⁸

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵tsy-zhiq₈ / ³tsyu-jiq₈

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• 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)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җўщи (žwxi, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ɕi²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• 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/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'jy³ xit⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡ɕy²¹³⁻¹³ ɕit̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-si̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˋ xid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ xid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ sit̚⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zhu^ˊ sid^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃu²⁴⁻³³ sit²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zu³ xid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ ɕit̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciō-sĭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suo³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)liʔ⁵/
• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwsek
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚¹²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwsit
    • Sinological IPA (Penang): /t͡su⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ sit̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚¹²¹/
    • Sinological 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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsy-zhiq₈
    • MiniDict: tsy^去 zhih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr-xxiq₅
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɹ̩³³ ʑiɪʔ⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ³tsyu-jiq₈
    • MiniDict: tsyu^上 jih^入
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sɹ̩ʷ⁴⁴ d͡ʑiɪʔ⁵⁵/

Noun

主席

1. chairperson (of a meeting); leader of meeting (Classifier: 位)

   今天開會是你的主席。 [MSC, trad.]
   今天开会是你的主席。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jīntiān kāihuì shì nǐ de zhǔxí. [Pinyin]

   You will chair today's meeting.

2. chairperson; president (of a committee, club, society or organisation) (Classifier: 位)
3. 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

• (president of the PRC, Vietnam, Laos, and Cuba): 國家主席／国家主席 (guójiā zhǔxí)

Derived terms

• 主席團 / 主席团 (zhǔxítuán)
• 副主席 (fùzhǔxí)
• 國家主席 / 国家主席 (guójiā zhǔxí)
• 省主席

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (主席):

• → Japanese: 主席(しゅせき) (shuseki)
• → Korean: 주석(主席) (juseok)
• → Vietnamese: chủ tịch (主席)

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

• IPA^(key): [ɕɨse̞kʲi]
• (Tokyo) しゅせき [shùsékí] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

主(しゅ)席(せき) • (shuseki) 

1. (government) president (of a socialist state)
2. chairperson, chairman, chairwoman
3. top-ranked seat

References

• “主席”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
主	席

Noun

主席 • (juseok) (hangeul 주석)

1. hanja form^? of 주석 (“chairman”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
主	席

Noun

主席

1. chữ Hán form of chủ tịch (“president, chairperson”)