东道主
Simplified word
東道主
Traditional word
东道主 English definition
dōng dào zhǔ
- host
- official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
dōng dào zhǔ
- host
- official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
HSK level
Characters
- 东 (dōng): east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord;
- 道 (dào): direction; way; road; path; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; province (of Korea or Japan);
- 主 (zhǔ): owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games);