主编 zhǔbiān editor in chief
How to remember 主编: 主 lord + 编 to knit = editor in chief.
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How it is used
- Editor-in-chief of a publication - 他是这本杂志的主编 (tā shì zhè běn zázhì de zhǔbiān) he is the editor-in-chief of this magazine.
- Also a verb 'to edit (as chief editor)': 这套丛书由王教授主编 (zhè tào cóngshū yóu Wáng jiàoshòu zhǔbiān) this series was edited by Professor Wang.
- Ranks above 编辑 (biānjí, an editor) - 主编 is the person in charge of the whole editorial line.