席次 (xí cì) — seating arrangement; order of seats

Definition

noun
seating arrangementorder of seats

Examples

  • 席次。
    Huì yì shì de xí cì yǐ jīng ān pái hǎo.
    The seating arrangement in the conference room is already set.
  • 席次。
    Qǐng àn xí cì rù zuò.
    Please take your seats according to the seating arrangement.
  • 席次。
    Zhè cì yàn huì de xí cì shì yuán zhuō shì de.
    The seating arrangement for this banquet is round-table style.

Origin

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xíseat
次cìorder

席 means seats and 次 means order, so the word names the order of seats.

Characters in this word

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.

Open 席 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The old form of 次 shows a person exhaling, with the marks above the figure representing breath.

Open 次 →

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