坐席 (zuò xí) — to take one's seat at a banquet (upon arrival); to attend a banquet; to sit down for a formal meal

Definition

坐席 (zuò xí) is the formal verb for 'to attend / take one's seat at a banquet' — a written, ceremonial register used for official dinners and formal occasions, not casual meals.

verb
to take one's seat at a banquet (upon arrival)to attend a banquetto sit down for a formal meal

Examples

  • ，坐席。
    Dà jiā dōu dào le, qǐng zuò xí rù zuò.
    Everyone's here, please take your seats at the banquet.
  • ，。
    Tā zuò guò sān cì xí, měi cì dōu hē le hěn duō jiǔ.
    He's attended a banquet three times, and each time he drank a lot.
  • 坐席，。
    Jīn wǎn de zuò xí hěn zhòng yào, yào chuān zhèng zhuāng.
    Tonight's banquet is very important; you need to wear formal attire.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

坐zuòsit
席xíseat

坐 means to sit, and 席 refers to a seat or banquet table; together they mean to take one's seat.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The form 坐 combines 留, 'to stay', and 土, 'ground'.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

席 originally showed a woven mat with an ornament. In 席, the mat became 巾, and a later sound part was written as 庶.

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