主席
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
主席 (zhǔxí) · chairman
主席 (zhǔxí) means “chairman; chairperson”. It is written with 2 characters: 主 (to own) + 席 (seat). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 主席 is built
The characters
主 zhǔ · to own
What 主 is made of
- 丶 — dot
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A lamp 王 with a flame 丶 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
席 xí · seat
What 席 is made of
- 广guǎng — broad
- 丶 — dot
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 廿niàn — twenty
- 廾gǒng — two hands
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: A cloth 巾 or straw 艹 mat in the house 广 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他是我们学生会的主席。Tā shì wǒmen xuéshenghuì de zhǔxí.He is the chair of our student union.
谁是这次会议的主席？Shéi shì zhè cì huìyì de zhǔxí?Who is chairing this meeting?
Questions about 主席
What does 主席 mean?
主席 (zhǔxí) means “chairman; chairperson”.
How do you pronounce 主席?
主席 is pronounced zhǔxí.
Which HSK level is 主席?
主席 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 主人zhǔrénhost
- 主要zhǔyàomain
- 主持zhǔchíto host
- 主动zhǔdòngto take the initiative
- 主任zhǔrèndirector
- 主意zhǔyiidea
- 主张zhǔzhāngto advocate
- 自主zìzhǔindependent
- 主题zhǔtítheme
- 公主gōngzhǔprincess
Learn 主席 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 70: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.