一. 设置mysql中的hive库

use hivedb;
alter table  TBLS  modify column TBL_NAME  varchar(1000) character set utf8;
alter table COLUMNS_V2 modify column COMMENT varchar(256) character set utf8;
alter table TABLE_PARAMS modify column PARAM_VALUE varchar(4000) character set utf8;
alter table PARTITION_PARAMS  modify column PARAM_VALUE varchar(4000) character set utf8;
alter table PARTITION_KEYS  modify column PKEY_COMMENT varchar(4000) character set utf8;
alter table  INDEX_PARAMS  modify column PARAM_VALUE  varchar(4000) character set utf8;

二. hive-site.xml 设置

由于Hive元数据（表的属性、字段定义等）都是存储在Mysql中，所以在mysql连接中设置支持中文
characterEncoding=UTF-8

具体的在hive-site.xml中：

  <property><name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL</name><value>jdbc:mysql://ip:3306/hivedb?createDatabaseIfNotExist=true&amp;useUnicode=true&amp;characterEncoding=UTF-8&amp;useSSL=false</value><description>JDBC connect string for a JDBC metastore</description></property><property><name>hive.metastore.readonly.ConnectionURL</name><value>jdbc:mysql://ip:3306/hivedb?createDatabaseIfNotExist=true&amp;useUnicode=true&amp;characterEncoding=UTF-8&amp;useSSL=false</value></property>

三. 测试

重启hive-server

jps
kill -9 hive_server_pid
nohup ./hive --service hiveserver2 >> /tmp/hiveserver2.log 2>&1

建表

create table if not exists studentno 
(stuno string comment '学号', stuname1 string comment '姓名') comment '学生信息表'; hive> show create table  studentno;
OK
CREATE TABLE `studentno`(`stuno` string COMMENT '学号',`stuname1` string COMMENT '姓名')
COMMENT '学生信息表'
。。。
Time taken: 0.059 seconds, Fetched: 15 row(s)

插入数据

insert into studentno values('一号','gao1');  hive> select * from studentno;
OK
一号    gao1

注：含有中文列的表（报错）

create table student(`学号` string comment '学号', 
`姓名` string comment '姓名') comment '学生信息表';FAILED: Execution Error, return code 1 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.MetaException(message:Add request failed : INSERT INTO `COLUMNS_V2` (`CD_ID`,`COMMENT`,`COLUMN_NAME`,`TYPE_NAME`,`INTEGER_IDX`) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?) )