主席

• 拼音: zhǔ xí
• 汉字拆解: 主 = master/head; 席 = 广 (shelter) + 巾 (cloth), a mat or seat of authority

含义

Chairperson; chairman. The head of a committee, organisation, or state.

Used for the leader of a committee (委员会主席), a political body, or a country's head of state (国家主席). In China, 主席 is the most prestigious title for the head of state. Also used in corporate governance: 董事会主席 (chairman of the board). The title is formal and always used with proper nouns or titles.

例句

1. 他刚刚被选为学生会主席，感到非常荣幸。
2. 公司董事会主席在年度大会上发表了重要讲话。
3. 联合国大会主席主持了这次紧急会议。

用法指南

语境: politics, business, academia

语气: respectful

正确说法

• 会议由委员会主席亲自主持。(The meeting was presided over by the committee chairperson in person.)
• 他担任这个协会主席已经超过十年了。(He has served as chairperson of this association for more than ten years.)

错误说法

• 用'主席'来称呼普通会议的主持人 (Don't use 主席 for someone simply chairing a regular meeting — use 主持人 or 主持 for meeting facilitators; 主席 implies a formal position of leadership in an organisation)

起源与历史

From 主 (master/head) and 席 (seat/mat, 广 shelter + 巾 cloth — a seat of authority), literally 'the person seated at the head of the table'.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal