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Question: What is the Chinese name/translation for “host” in the context of ww host (compute endpoints)?

Answer:

主机 (zhǔjī)

That’s the one. Here’s why it fits perfectly:

  • 主 = main/primary, 机 = machine — literally “main machine” or “computing unit”
  • Covers all three: local Mac, workstation, cloud VPS — just like “host” does
  • Standard CS/DevOps Chinese: 服务器主机, 本地主机, 云主机 — all natural usage
  • 本地主机 (běndì zhǔjī) = ww host local
  • 工作站主机 (gōngzuò zhàn zhǔjī) = ww host workstation
  • 云主机 (yún zhǔjī) = ww host dmit

The alternatives and why they don’t fit:

Chinese Pinyin Why it doesn’t fit
机器 jīqì Too generic — means any machine, including physical hardware
电脑 diànnǎo = “computer”, excludes VPS conceptually
节点 jiédian = node, implies cluster membership
服务器 fúwùqì = server, implies it’s serving something — wrong semantics for local
终端 zhōngduān = terminal/endpoint, UI-focused

主机 is exactly what Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, and AWS China all use for their compute instances — it’s the industry-standard term. ww host → ww 主机. Natural, short, precise.

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