席 (zik6 | xi2) : seat; feast; post

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席

zik6

xi2

[1] seat; place
[2] feast; banquet; dinner
[3] post; office; job
[4] [classifier] table; dinner; course

席 is also the simplified form of 蓆 for the meaning of "mat".

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 巾 (#50)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

席

This word has been viewed 6248 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Oct 2010 12:27

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首席 sau2 zik6 shou3 xi2 = chief (representative etc.)

宴席 jin3 zik6 yan4 xi2 = banquet; dinner

主席 zyu2 zik6 zhu3 xi2 = chairperson

席位 zik6 wai6 xi2 wei4 = seat

出席 ceot1 zik6 chu1 xi2 = to attend; to be present

缺席 kyut3 zik6 que1 xi2 = absence; absent

議席 ji5 zik6 yi4 xi2 = seat in a parliament or legislative assembly

入席 jap6 zik6 = sitting; take one's seat

做主席 zou6 zyu2 zik6 zuo4 zhu3 xi2 = to preside over a meeting; to be or work as a chairman

主席臺 zyu2 zik6 toi4 zhu3 xi2 tai2 = rostrum; platform

出席者 ceot1 zik6 ze2 chu1 xi2 zhe3 = an attendant

首席代表 sau2 zik6 doi6 biu2 shou3 xi2 dai4 biao3 = chief representative (common formation)

聽君一席話,勝讀十年書 ting3 gwan1 jat1 zik6 waa6, sing3 duk6 sap6 nin4 syu1 = Listening to what you said is better than studying for 10 years

首席執行官 sau2 zik6 zap1 hang4 gun1 shou3 xi2 zhi2 xing2 guan1 = Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (common formation)

首席法官 sau2 zik6 faat3 gun1 shou3 xi2 fa3 guan1 = Chief Justice

一席話 jat1 zik6 waa6 yi1 xi2 hua4 = what is said during a conversation; an utterance

竹席 zuk1 zek6 zhu2 xi2 = bamboo mat (also 竹蓆)

草席 cou2 zek6 cao3 xi2 = straw mat (also 草蓆)

床席 cong4 zek6 = a sleeping mat

酒席 zau2 zik6 jiu3 xi2 = feast, banquet; to prepare a feast

席捲 zik6 gyun2 xi2 juan3 = engulf; sweep across

即席 zik1 zik6 ji2 xi2 = improvise; off-hand; impromtu

席不暇暖 zik6 bat1 haa6 nyun5 xi2 bu4 xia2 nuan3 = very busy; not time to rest

列席 lit6 zik6 lie4 xi2 = 1. attend a meeting or banquet 2. attend a meeting without voting rights

副主席 fu3 zyu2 zik6 fu4 zhu3 xi2 = vice-chairman, vice-president

就席 zau6 zik6 jiu4 xi2 = take one's seat at (at a formal function)

本席 bun2 zik6 ben3 xi2 = I (said of a judge speaking in first person)

筵席 jin4 zik6 yan2 xi2 = banquet, feast; seat arranged at a banquet

毛主席 mou4 zyu2 zik6 mao2 zhu3 xi2 = Chairman Mao

首席大法官 sau2 zik6 daai6 faat3 gun1 shou3 xi2 da4 fa3 guan1 = Chief Justice (of US Supreme Court) (common formation)

中華人民共和國主席 zung1 waa4 jan4 man4 gung6 wo4 gwok3 zyu2 zik6 zhong1 hua2 ren2 min2 gong4 he2 guo2 zhu3 xi2 = President of the People’s Republic of China

國家主席江澤民 gwok3 gaa1 zyu2 zik6 gong1 zaak6 man4 guo2 jia1 zhu3 xi2 jiang1 ze2 min2 = President Jiang Zemin

全國政協主席 cyun4 gwok3 zing3 hip3 zyu2 zik6 = the chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

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