# 东道主 (dōngdàozhǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 东道主 (dōngdàozhǔ) means “host (of an event)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: host (of an event)
- Pinyin: dōngdàozhǔ (dong1 dao4 zhu3)
- Traditional: 東道主
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 作为东道主，我们热情欢迎大家。
  Zuòwéi dōngdàozhǔ, wǒmen rèqíng huānyíng dàjiā.
  As the host, we warmly welcome everyone.

## Characters

- [东](https://hanziro.com/word/dong-east/) (dōng): east
- [道](https://hanziro.com/word/dao-courses-questions/) (dào): (measure word) for courses/questions; road
- [主](https://hanziro.com/word/zhu-host/) (zhǔ): host; owner

https://hanziro.com/word/dong-dao-zhu-host/

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