东道主 meaning and pronunciation

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)

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Characters

  • (dōng): east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord;
  • (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);
  • (zhǔ): owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games);