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.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “host”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东道主 (東道主) | dōng dào zhǔ | host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference) |
| 东道 (東道) | dōng dào | host |
| 寄主 | jì zhǔ | host (of a parasite) |
| 接待 | jiē dài | to 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.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 主席 | zhǔ xí | chairperson; premier |
| 主任 | zhǔ rèn | director; head |
| 主题 (主題) | zhǔ tí | theme; subject |
| 主张 (主張) | zhǔ zhāng | to advocate; to stand for |
| 支持 | zhī chí | to be in favor of; to support |
| 坚持 (堅持) | jiān chí | to persevere with; to persist in |
| 人民 | rén mín | the 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.