| 总统 | zǒng tǒng | president (of a country) / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2],屆|届[jie4] |   |
| 校长 | xiào zhǎng | (college, university) president / headmaster / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] | |
| 美国总统 | měi guó zǒng tǒng | president | |
| 国家主席 | guó jiā zhǔ xí | president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations) | |
| 大总统 | dà zǒng tǒng | president (of a country) / same as 總統|总统 | |
| 布什 | Bù shí | Bush (name) / George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), US president 1988-1992 / George W. Bush (1946-), US President 2000-2008 | |
| 院长 | yuàn zhǎng | the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4] / chair of a board / president of a university / department head / dean / premier of the Republic of China / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 会长 | huì zhǎng | president of a club, committee etc | |
| 陈水扁 | Chén Shuǐ biǎn | Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 / politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008 | |
| 华盛顿 | Huá shèng dùn | Washington (name) / George Washington (1732-1799), first US president / Washington, US State / Washington, D.C. (US federal capital) | |
| 副总裁 | fù zǒng cái | vice-chairman (of an organization) / vice president (of a company) / deputy governor (of a bank) | |
| 江泽民 | Jiāng Zé mín | Jiang Zemin (1926-), politician, president of PRC 1993-2003 | |
| 卡特 | Kǎ tè | Carter (name) / James Earl (Jimmy) Carter (1924-), US Democrat politician, president 1977-1981 | |
| 行长 | háng zhǎng | bank president | |
| 社长 | shè zhǎng | president or director (of association etc) | |
| 克林顿 | Kè lín dùn | Clinton (name) / Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, President 1993-2001 / Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician | |
| 马英九 | Mǎ Yīng jiǔ | Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016 | |
| 孙中山 | Sūn Zhōng shān | Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党 / same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙 | |
| 林肯 | Lín kěn | Lincoln (name) / Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), US president 1861-1865 / Lincoln, US car make | |
| 前总统 | qián zǒng tǒng | former president | |
| 李登辉 | Lǐ Dēng huī | Lee Teng-hui (1923-2020), Taiwanese politician, president of ROC 1988-2000 | |
| 肯尼迪 | Kěn ní dí | Kennedy (name) / J.F. Kennedy (1917-1963), US Democrat politician, president 1961-1963 | |
| 李开复 | Lǐ Kāi fù | Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009 | |
| 罗斯福 | Luó sī fú | Roosevelt (name) / Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), US President 1901-1909 / Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), US President 1933-1945 | |
| 里根 | Lǐ gēn | Reagan (name) / Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989) | |
| 尼克松 | Ní kè sōng | Richard Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974 / surname Nixon | |
| 内贾德 | Nèi jiǎ dé | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-), Iranian fundamentalist politician, president of Iran 2005-2013 / abbr. for 艾哈邁迪內賈德|艾哈迈迪内贾德 | |
| 福尔 | Fú ěr | Félix Faure (1841-1899), president of France 1895-1899 | |
| 卡斯特罗 | Kǎ sī tè luó | Castro (name) / Fidel Castro or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016), Cuban revolutionary leader, prime minister 1959-1976, president 1976-2008 | |
| 蒋经国 | Jiǎng Jīng guó | Chiang Ching-kuo (1910-1988), son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石, Guomindang politician, president of ROC 1978-1988 | |
| 汪道涵 | Wāng Dào hán | Wang Daohan (1915-2005), former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits | |
| 蔡元培 | Cài Yuán péi | Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27 | |
| 戴高乐 | Dài Gāo lè | Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959-1969 | |
| 肖扬 | Xiāo Yáng | Xiao Yang (1938-), president of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008 | |
| 拉莫斯 | Lā mò sī | (Philippine President Fidel) Ramos | |
| 克勒 | Kè lè | Keller or Köhler (name) / Horst Köhler (1943-), German economist and CDU politician, head of the IMF 2000-2004, president of Germany 2004-2010 | |
| 叶利钦 | Yè lì qīn | Yeltsin (name) / Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999 | |
| 金大中 | Jīn Dà zhōng | Kim Dae-jung (1926-2009), South Korea politician, president 1998-2003, Nobel peace prize laureate 2000 | |
| 戈尔巴乔夫 | Gē ěr bā qiáo fū | Gorbachev / Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (1931-), last president of the Soviet Union 1991-1995 | |
| 曼德拉 | Màn dé lā | Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African ANC politician, president of South Africa 1994-1999 | |
| 李源潮 | lǐ yuán cháo | Li Yuanchao (1950-), vice president of PRC from 2013-2018 | |
| 穆巴拉克 | Mù bā lā kè | Hosni Mubarak (1928-2020), former Egyptian President and military commander | |
| 藤森 | Téng sēn | Fujimori (Japanese surname) / Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori (1938-), president of Peru 1990-2000 | |
| 习近平 | Xí Jìn píng | Xi Jinping (1953-), PRC politician, General Secretary of the CCP from 2012, president of the PRC from 2013 | |
| 荣毅仁 | Róng Yì rén | Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors | |
| 萨马兰奇 | Sà mǎ lán qí | Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920-2010), Spanish Olympic official, president of International Olympic Committee 1980-2001 | |
| 苏哈托 | Sū hā tuō | Suharto (1921-2008), former Indonesian general, president of the Republic of Indonesia 1967-1998 | |
| 罗格 | Luó gé | Logue or Rogge (name) / Jacques Rogge, president of International Olympic Committee (IOC) | |
| 杨尚昆 | Yáng Shàng kūn | Yang Shangkun (1907-1998), former president of PRC and military leader | |
| 青瓦台 | Qīng wǎ tái | Blue House (Cheong Wa Dae), residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul | |
| 祖马 | Zǔ mǎ | Zuma (name) / Jacob Zuma (1942-), South African ANC politician, vice-president 1999-2005, president 2009-2018 | |
| 布托 | Bù tuō | Bhutto (name) / Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979), president of Pakistan 1971-1979 executed by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq / Benazzir Bhutto (1953-2007), twice president of Pakistan 1988-1990 and 1993-1996 | |
| 容克 | Róng kè | Junker (German aristocracy) / Jean-Claude Juncker (1954-), Luxembourgish politician, prime minister of Luxembourg 1995-2013, president of the European Commission 2014-2019 | |
| 徐世昌 | Xú Shì chāng | Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921 | |
| 巴希尔 | Bā xī ěr | Bashir (name) / Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (1944-), Sudanese military man and politician, president of Sudan 1993-2019 | |
| 朴正熙 | Piáo Zhèng xī | Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard | |
| 纳赛尔 | Nà sài ěr | Nasr or Nasser (Arab name) / Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970), Egyptian President | |
| 彭斯 | Péng sī | Mike Pence (1959-), US Republican politician, US vice president from 2017 | |
| 苏莱曼 | Sū lái màn | Suleiman (name) / General Michel Suleiman (1948-), Lebanese military man and politician, president of Lebanon 2008-2014 | |
| 爱丽舍宫 | Aì lì shě Gōng | Elysée Palace, the residence of the president of the French Republic | |
| 门罗 | Mén luó | Monroe (name) / James Monroe (1758-1831), fifth US president | |
| 尼克森 | Ní kè sēn | Nixon (name) / Richard M Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974 | |
| 胡佛 | Hú fó | Hoover (name) / Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) US mining engineer and Republican politician, president (1929-1933) | |
| 艾森豪威尔 | Aì sēn háo wēi ěr | Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 1953-1961 | |
| 麦克阿瑟 | Mài kè ā sè | General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war | |
| 墨索里尼 | Mò suǒ lǐ ní | Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, "Il Duce", president 1922-1943 | |
| 鲁宾 | Lǔ bīn | Rubin (name) / Robert E. Rubin (1938-), US Treasury Secretary 1995-1999 under President Clinton | |
| 穆沙拉夫 | Mù shā lā fū | Pervez Musharraf (1943-), Pakistani general and politician, president 2001-2008 | |
| 普京 | Pǔ jīng | Vladimir Putin (1952-), president of Russia | |
| 希拉克 | Xī lā kè | Jacques Chirac (1932-2019), president of France 1995-2007 | |
| 纳吉布 | Nà jí bù | Muhammad Naguib (1901-1984), first president of the Republic of Egypt | |
| 全斗焕 | Quán Dòu huàn | Chun Doo Hwan (1931-), South Korean politician, president 1980-1988 | |
| 卢武铉 | Lú Wǔ xuàn | Roh Moo-hyun (1946-2009), South Korean lawyer and politician, president 2003-2008 | |
| 金泳三 | Jīn Yǒng sān | Kim Young-sam (1927-2015), South Korean politician, president 1993-1998 | |
| 伯杰 | Bó jié | (name) Berger / Samuel Berger, former US National Security Advisor under President Carter | |
| 国会议长 | guó huì yì zhǎng | chair (or president, speaker etc) of national congress | |
| 胡锦涛 | Hú Jǐn tāo | Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CCP 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013 | |
| 金永南 | Jīn Yǒng nán | Kim Yong-nam (1928-), North Korean politician, foreign minister 1983-1998, president of the Supreme People's Assembly 1998-2019 (nominal head of state and described as deputy leader) | |
| 卢泰愚 | Lú Tài yú | Roh Tae-woo (1932-), South Korean politician, president 1988-1993 | |
| 普丁 | Pǔ dīng | (Tw) Vladimir Putin (1952-), president of Russia | |
| 孙逸仙 | Sūn Yì xiān | Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Kuomintang / same as 孫中山|孙中山 | |
| 谢辛 | Xiè Xīn | Chea Sim, president of Cambodian National Assembly | |
| 总会会长 | zǒng huì huì zhǎng | president of the association | |
| 陈德良 | Chén Dé liáng | Tran Duc Luong (1937-), former president of Vietnam | |
| 黄金辉 | Huáng Jīn huī | Wee Kim Wee (1915-2005), president of Singapore (1985-1993) | |
| 纳扎尔巴耶夫 | Nà zhā ěr bā yē fū | Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-), president of Kazakhstan 1990-2019 | |
| 桑帕约 | Sāng pà yuē | Sampaio (name) / Jorge Sampaio (1939-), Portuguese lawyer and politician, president of Portugal 1996-2006 / Sampaio, town in Brazil | |
| 奥巴马 | Aò bā mǎ | Barack Obama (1961-), US Democrat politician, president 2009-2017 | |
| 萨科齐 | Sà kē qí | Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician, President 2007-2012 | |
| 丁韪良 | Dīng Wěi liáng | William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Peking University | |
| 丹瑞大将 | Dān Ruì dà jiàng | Than Shwe (1933-), Myanmar general and politician, president of Myanmar 1992-2011 | |
| 丹瑞将军 | Dān Ruì jiāng jūn | General Than Shwe (1933-), Myanmar army officer and politician, president of Myanmar (Burma) from 1992 | |
| 倒扁 | Dǎo biǎn | Taiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] in 2006 over corruption allegations | |
| 克拉夫丘克 | Kè lā fū qiū kè | Leonid Kravchuk (1934-), first post-communist president of Ukraine 1991-1994 | |
| 卡尔扎伊 | Kǎ ěr zā yī | Hamid Karzai (1957-), Afghan politician, president 2004-2014 | |
| 埃尔多安 | Aī ěr duō ān | Erdogan (name) / Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954-), Turkish politician, prime minister 2003-2014, president 2014- | |
| 塔迪奇 | Tǎ dí qí | Tadich (name) / Boris Tadić / (1958-), Serbian politician, president 2004-2012 | |
| 大卫营和约 | Dà wèi yíng hé yuē | the Camp David agreement of 1978 brokered by President Jimmy Carter between Israel and Egypt | |
| 尹潽善 | Yǐn Pǔ shàn | Yun Poseon (1897-1990), South Korean Democratic party politician, mayor of Seoul from 1948, president 1960-1962 | |
| 崔圭夏 | Cuī Guī xià | Choe Gyuha (1919-2006), South Korean politician, president 1979-1980 | |
