HSK 5 · Society

主席 zhǔxí “chairperson” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 主席 means

  1. chairperson
  2. chairman

Measure word 个 gè or 位 wèi · 一个主席 yí ge zhǔxí

How to say 主席

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale主zhǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale席xí2nd tone, rising

主席 in a sentence

  1. 他们选他做俱乐部主席。

    Tāmen xuǎn tā zuò jùlèbù zhǔxí.

    They made him chairman of the club.

    Sentence #1516239 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 谁将当选主席呢？

    Shéi jiāng dāngxuǎn zhǔxí ne?

    Who will be elected chair?

    Sentence #1468440 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他是委员会主席。

    Tā shì wěiyuánhuì zhǔxí.

    He’s the chairman of the committee.

    Sentence #780034 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 主席 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 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.

The character 席 (xí) with each of its parts in a different colour
席xíwoven mat
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 廿twenty · niàn
  • 巾napkin · jīn

How to write 主席

主 5 strokes · 席 10 strokes

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

Words related to 主席

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主题zhǔtí · theme主动zhǔdòng · to take the initiative

Words with 席

出席chūxí · to attend缺席quēxí · to be absent

More words: Society & Law

志愿者zhìyuànzhě · volunteer执照zhízhào · licence制度zhìdù · system (of rules)秩序zhìxù · order (orderly state)总理zǒnglǐ · premier总统zǒngtǒng · president (of a country)案件ànjiàn · legal case拜年bàinián · to give New Year greetings

FAQs

主席 (zhǔxí) means “chairperson” or “chairman”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhǔxí: zhǔ with a 3rd tone, then xí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 主席 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè) or 位 (wèi). For example, one chairperson is 一个主席 (yí ge zhǔxí).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 主席 from the suggestions. Typing zhuxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
主席 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.