酒席 (jiǔ xí) — banquet | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

banquet

Measure word · 桌

酒席。
Wǒ men cān jiā le tā de hūn lǐ jiǔ xí.
We attended his wedding banquet.
酒席。
Zhè chǎng jiǔ xí zhǔn bèi dé fēi cháng fēng shèng.
This banquet is prepared very sumptuously.
酒席。
Tā zài jiǔ xí shàng jìng le dà jiā yì bēi jiǔ.
He toasted everyone with a glass of wine at the banquet.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

席xíseating/table

酒 (wine) and 席 (seating/table) together mean a banquet.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

酉

酉yǒu酒jiǔ

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

酒 pairs 酉, the original picture for this word, with 水 (water), added later to distinguish it.

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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