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.
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