主席

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Chinese

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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)
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Noun

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主席

  1. chairperson (of a meeting); leader of meeting (Classifier: )
    今天開會主席 [MSC, trad.]
    今天开会主席 [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: )
    主席  ―  Máo zhǔxí  ―  Chairman Mao (specifically Mao Zedong)

Usage notes

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  • 主席 (zhǔxí) is only used to refer to the President of the People's Republic of China, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, President of the Republic of Cuba, while the presidents of all other republics are referred to as 總統总统 (zǒngtǒng).
  • The current trend in regards to the PRC is to translate this term as "president" rather than "chairman". See President of the People's Republic of China on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Japanese

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

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(しゅ)(せき) (shuseki

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

Korean

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Hanja in this term

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主席 (juseok) (hangeul 주석)

  1. hanja form? of 주석 (chairman)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

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主席

  1. chữ Hán form of chủ tịch (president, chairperson).