# 主席
## Chinese

* 主席

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhǔxí
       (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄒㄧˊ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җўщи (žwxi, II-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu$^2$ zik$^6$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'jy$^3$ xit$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chú-si̍t
    (Hailu, HRS): zhu$^ˊ$ sid$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zu$^3$ xid$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciō-sĭk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zy$^3$ sih$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chú-se̍k / chú-si̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zu$^2$ ciêh$^8$ / zu$^2$ cioh$^8$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$tsy-zhiq$_8$ / $^3$tsyu-jiq$_8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔxí
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄒㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔsí
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^3$-hsi$^2$
*** Yale: jǔ-syí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juushyi
*** Palladius: чжуси (čžusi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi³⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җўщи (žwxi, II-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹ ɕi²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyu$^2$ zik$^6$
*** Yale: jyú jihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzy$^2$ dzik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ju$^2$ jig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syː³⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'jy$^3$ xit$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈt͡ɕy²¹³⁻¹³ ɕit̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-si̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: zu$^ˋ$ xid
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zu$^3$ xid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ sit̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zhu$^ˊ$ sid$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃu²⁴⁻³³ sit²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zu$^3$ xid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ sit̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ciō-sĭk
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suo³³⁻²¹ $^{(s-)}$liʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zy$^3$ sih$^7$ [Phonetic: zy$^5$ sih$^7$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cṳ̂-si̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sy⁴⁵³⁻²¹ ɬiʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zy$^3$ sih$^7$ [Phonetic: zy$^5$ sih$^7$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sy³³²⁻²¹ ɬiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-se̍k
*** Tâi-lô: tsú-si̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zwsek
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-si̍t
*** Tâi-lô: tsú-si̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zwsit
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sit̚²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zu$^2$ ciêh$^8$ / zu$^2$ cioh$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsú tshie̍h / tsú tshio̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡su⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰieʔ⁴/, /t͡su⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰioʔ⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tsy-zhiq$_8$
*** MiniDict: tsy$^去$ zhih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tsr-xxiq$_5$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³³ ʑiɪʔ⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^3$tsyu-jiq$_8$
*** MiniDict: tsyu$^上$ jih$^入$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sz̩ʷ⁴⁴ d͡ʑiɪʔ⁵⁵/

### Noun

主席
* chairperson (of a meeting); leader of meeting (Classifier: 位)
       Jīntiān kāihuì shì nǐ de zhǔxí. [Pinyin]
       You will chair today's meeting.
* chairperson (of a country or a party); chairman or chairwoman; president; premier (Classifier: 位)
    毛主席 ― Máo zhǔxí ― Chairman Mao (specifically Mao Zedong)

#### Usage notes

* 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

#### Synonyms

* (president of the PRC, Vietnam, Laos, and Cuba): 國家主席／国家主席 (guójiā zhǔxí)

#### Derived terms

* 主席團 / 主席团 (zhǔxítuán)
* 副主席 (fùzhǔxí)
* 國家主席 / 国家主席 (guójiā zhǔxí)
* 省主席

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 主席(しゅせき) (shuseki)
* → Korean: 주석(主席) (juseok)
* → Vietnamese: chủ tịch (主席)
Others:
* → Bouyei: zujxif
* → Tibetan: ཀྲུའུ་ཞི (kru'u zhi)
* → Zhuang: cujsiz

#### See also

* 首相 (shǒuxiàng)
* 議長／议长 (yìzhǎng)
* 宰相 (zǎixiàng), 丞相 (chéngxiàng)
* 總理／总理 (zǒnglǐ)
* 總統／总统 (zǒngtǒng)
* 閣揆／阁揆 (gékuí)

## Japanese

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕɨse̞kʲi]

### Noun

主(しゅ)席(せき) • (shuseki)
* (government) president (of a socialist state)
* chairperson, chairman, chairwoman
* top-ranked seat

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 主 | 席 |

### Noun

主席 • (juseok) (hangeul 주석)
* hanja form of 주석 (“chairman”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 主 | 席 |

### Noun

主席
* chữ Hán form of chủ tịch (“president, chairperson”).