主席

zhǔ xí

位 wèi

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Noun Common

Definitions

1. chairperson
2. premier
3. chairman

Word relationships

Counterparts

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副主席

fù zhǔ xí

vice-chairperson

副职

Related words

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总统

zǒng tǒng

president (of a country)

国家元首

会长

huì zhǎng

president of a club, committee etc

协会或组织的负责人

首相

shǒu xiàng

prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)

议会制政府首脑

Usage notes

Common mistakes

主席 refers to a chairperson or president of an organization, not necessarily a head of state; for a country's president, use 总统.

Formality

主席 is formal and used in official titles; in casual settings, use 领导 or 头儿 when referring to a leader informally.

Example Sentences

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他们明天选举新主席。

They will elect a new chairman tomorrow.

他是新选出的学生会主席。

He is the newly elected chairman of the student union.

邁克當選為主席。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 771539)

我們選她為主席。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 846293)

她當選為委員會主席。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 775427)

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Words Containing 主席

chair country

presidium

rostrum

vice-chairperson

president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)

Chairman Mao

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published from 1964 to about 1976

党主席

dǎng zhǔ xí

party chief

Child Words of 主席

owner

woven mat