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主席

zhǔ xí

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 个、位

主席 (zhǔ xí) means "chairperson". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 主席 means

1. chairperson
2. premier
3. chairman

The characters in 主席

• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 席xíwoven mat; seat; banquet

Example sentences

• 谁将当选主席呢？
  Shéi jiāng dāngxuǎn zhǔxí ne?
  Who'll be elected chairman?
• 迈克当选为主席。
  Mike was elected chairperson.
• 我们选她为主席。
  We elected her chairperson.
• 他是委员会主席。
  He's the chairman of the committee.
• 她被任命为主席。
  She was appointed chairperson.
• 我们选了他当主席。
  Wǒmen xuǎn le tā dāng zhǔxí.
  We elected him chairman.

Words starting with 主席

• 主席台zhǔ xí táirostrum; platform
• 主席团zhǔ xí tuánpresidium
• 主席国zhǔ xí guóchair country; country holding revolving presidency

Words containing 主席

• 毛主席Máo zhǔ xíChairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛泽东
• 毛主席语录Máo zhǔ xí Yǔ lùQuotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published 1964–1979 and widely distributed during…
• 国家主席guó jiā zhǔ xípresident (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)
• 副主席fù zhǔ xívice-chairperson
• 党主席dǎng zhǔ xíparty chief

Where 主席 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Groups, Extension & Recommendations (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhǔ xí correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.