HSK 6 · Society

东道主 dōngdàozhǔ “host” in Chinese

Traditional 東道主

What 东道主 means

  1. host
  2. official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)

How to say 东道主

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale东dōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale道dào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale主zhǔ3rd tone, dipping

东道主 in a sentence

  1. 作为东道主，我们要好好招待客人。

    Zuòwéi dōngdàozhǔ, wǒmen yào hǎohǎo zhāodài kèrén.

    As the hosts, we need to look after our guests well.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 东道主球队赢得了比赛。

    Dōngdàozhǔ qiúduì yíngdé le bǐsài.

    The home team won the match.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 东道主 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 东 (dōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
东dōngeast
  • 七seven · qī
  • 小small · xiǎo

Memory aidSimplified from 東, drawn from a sack tied at both ends. It was borrowed for “east”.

The character 道 (dào) with each of its parts in a different colour
道dàoroad; path 条,股)
  • 首head · shǒuSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 首 (shǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with dào.

Memory aidPicture walking 辶 with your head 首 leading the way: a road, a way.

The character 主 (zhǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
主zhǔowner
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
  • 王king · wáng

Memory aidThe dot 丶 on top was once the flame of a lamp: the main one, the master.

How to write 东道主

东 5 strokes · 道 12 strokes · 主 5 strokes

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东道主 (dōngdàozhǔ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 东道主 (dōngdàozhǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 东道主

Words with 东

东西dōngxi · thing东dōng · East东方dōngfāng · the East东北dōngběi · northeast东南dōngnán · southeast房东fángdōng · landlord股东gǔdōng · shareholder东张西望dōngzhāngxīwàng · to look around in all directions

Words with 道

知道zhīdao · to know (a fact)街道jiēdào · street道dào · (m.w. for orders味道wèidao · flavour道歉dàoqiàn · to apologise难道nándào · don’t tell me …报道bàodào · to report (news)地道dìdao · authentic道德dàodé · virtue频道píndào · frequency

Words with 主

主要zhǔyào · main主意zhǔyi · plan主人zhǔrén · master主张zhǔzhāng · to advocate主持zhǔchí · to host (a programme or event)主观zhǔguān · subjective主任zhǔrèn · director公主gōngzhǔ · princess主席zhǔxí · chairperson主题zhǔtí · theme

More words: Society & Law

打仗dǎzhàng · to fight a war典礼diǎnlǐ · ceremony抵制dǐzhì · to boycott动荡dòngdàng · turmoil动员dòngyuán · to mobilise斗争dòuzhēng · struggle赌博dǔbó · to gamble独裁dúcái · dictatorship

FAQs

东道主 (dōngdàozhǔ) means “host” or “official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dōngdàozhǔ: dōng with a 1st tone, then dào with a 4th tone, then zhǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 东道主 is written 東道主. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dongdaozhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 东道主 from the suggestions. Typing dongdaozhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
东道主 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.