主 zhǔ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 丶 — dot
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
主编
zhǔbiān
chief editor; to edit as chief editor
Characters in this word
编 biān
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 扁 flat
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这本词典由三位资深语言学家共同主编，因此在释义和例句上都相当严谨。 Zhè běn cídiǎn yóu sān wèi zīshēn yǔyánxuéjiā gòngtóng zhǔbiān, yīncǐ zài shìyì hé lìjù shàng dōu xiāngdāng yánjǐn. This dictionary was jointly edited by three senior linguists, so both its definitions and example sentences are quite rigorous.
- 他主编过一份很受欢迎的经济杂志。 Tā zhǔbiān guo yī fèn hěn shòu huānyíng de jīngjì zázhì. He served as chief editor of a very popular economics magazine.
- 这本教科书的主编是位很有经验的老师。 Zhè běn jiàokēshū de zhǔbiān shì wèi hěn yǒu jīngyàn de lǎoshī. The chief editor of this textbook is a very experienced teacher.
Related words
- 主人 zhǔrén host; owner
- 主要 zhǔyào main; mainly
- 主持 zhǔchí to host; to lead
- 主动 zhǔdòng active; on one's own initiative
- 主任 zhǔrèn department head
- 主意 zhǔyi idea
- 主张 zhǔzhāng to support; position
- 自主 zìzhǔ independent
- 主题 zhǔtí topic; theme
- 主席 zhǔxí chairperson
- 车主 chēzhǔ car owner
- 为主 wéizhǔ mainly; as the main thing