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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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 (of a country or a party); chairman or chairwoman; president; premier (Classifier: 位)

   毛主席  ―  Máo zhǔxí  ―  Chairman Mao

   華主席／华主席  ―  Huá zhǔxí  ―  Chairman Hua

   習主席／习主席  ―  Xí zhǔxí  ―  President Xi

Usage notes

主席 (zhǔxí) is only used to refer to the President of the People's Republic of China, while the presidents of all other republics are referred to as 總統／总统 (zǒngtǒng).

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)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	席
しゅ Grade: 3	せき Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

主(しゅ)席(せき) • (shuseki) 

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
主	席

Noun

主席 • (juseok) (hangeul 주석)

1. hanja form^? of 주석 (“chairman”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
主	席

Noun

主席

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