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Chinese symbol for “host”

主持人
zhǔ chí rén
host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor; (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director

The closest CC-CEDICT match for host is 主持人 (zhǔ chí rén), defined as: host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor; (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

主 zhǔ
to own; to host; master; host; lord
radical 3 ⼂ · 5 strokes
持 chí
to hold, to support, to sustain
radical 64 ⼿ · 9 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Other Chinese words for “host”

WordPinyinMeaning
东道主 (東道主)dōng dào zhǔhost; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
东道 (東道)dōng dàohost
寄主jì zhǔhost (of a parasite)
接待jiē dàito receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients)
主播zhǔ bō(news) anchor; (program) host; (Internet) streamer

Related words

Other words that share a character with 主持人.

WordPinyinMeaning
主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
主席zhǔ xíchairperson; premier
主任zhǔ rèndirector; head
主题 (主題)zhǔ títheme; subject
主张 (主張)zhǔ zhāngto advocate; to stand for
支持zhī chíto be in favor of; to support
坚持 (堅持)jiān chíto persevere with; to persist in
人民rén mínthe people

See also: Japanese symbol for “host”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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