主语

noun

grammatical subject; the sentence element that the predicate makes a statement about

In a Chinese sentence, the subject usually precedes the predicate. Some grammars distinguish between the 'subject' (主语, the core word) and the 'subject part' (主语部分, the whole phrase including modifiers). For example, in '我们的生活很幸福', '生活' is the subject while '我们的生活' is the subject part. Some traditional grammars call the subject part '主语' and the subject '主词'.