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席 (xí) — woven mat (e.g., bamboo or straw mat); banquet, feast; seat, place (in a meeting, assembly, or legislature)

Definition

席 (xí) is a formal/literary word meaning 'seat' (as in a parliament seat — 座位/位子 are everyday 'seats') and a classifier for banquets, more formal than 宴会 or 盛宴.

woven mat (e.g., bamboo or straw mat)banquetfeastseatplace (in a meeting, assembly, or legislature)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 席。
    Tā zuò zài zhú xí shàng kàn shū.
    He sat on a bamboo mat reading a book.
  • 席。
    Wǒ men cān jiā le yì xí fēng shèng de hūn yàn.
    We attended a lavish wedding banquet.
  • ，。
    Huì yì shàng, měi wèi dài biǎo dōu yǒu yí gè xí wèi.
    At the meeting, each representative had a seat.

Origin

Compound ideograph
六书liùshū
会意huìyì

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.

Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9FurnitureMeasure Words

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