列席 (liè xí) — to attend (a meeting) as a nonvoting delegate

Definition

列席 means to attend a meeting or conference in an official but nonvoting capacity — as an observer, guest, or non-member representative.

verb
to attend (a meeting) as a nonvoting delegate

Examples

  • 列席。
    Tā zuò wéi guān chá yuán liè xí le zhè cì huì yì.
    He attended this meeting as an observer without voting rights.
  • ，。
    Tā liè le xí, dàn méi yǒu tóu piào quán.
    He attended as a nonvoting delegate, but had no voting rights.
  • 列席。
    Xǔ duō guó jiā pài dài biǎo liè xí le zhè cì dà huì.
    Many countries sent delegates to attend this conference as nonvoting participants.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

列lièlist
席xíseat

列 (be listed) and 席 (seat) together mean take a listed seat at a meeting.

Characters in this word

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

列 combines 歹, drawn as skeletal remains, and 刀, a knife, to depict tearing apart.

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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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