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席

xí

HSK 5 Character

What 席 means

1. woven mat
2. seat
3. banquet
4. place in a democratic assembly
5. classifier for banquets, conversations etc

Other readings

席 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xíwoven mat (variant of {席|xí})
• Xísurname Xi

Example sentences

• 汤姆缺席。
  Tom is absent.
• 全员均须出席。
  Quányuán jūn xū chūxí.
  Attendance is compulsory for all members.
• 他出席了会议。
  He was present at the meeting.
• 没有学生缺席。
  No students were absent.
• 谁将当选主席呢？
  Shéi jiāng dāngxuǎn zhǔxí ne?
  Who'll be elected chairman?
• 他在点名时缺席。
  Tā zài diǎnmíng shí quēxí.
  He was absent at roll call.

Words starting with 席

• 席卷xí juǎnto engulf; to sweep; to carry away everything
• 席位xí wèia seat (in a theater, stadium etc); parliamentary or congressional seat
• 席子xí ziwoven mat
• 席地而坐xí dì ér zuò(idiom) to sit on the ground or the floor
• 席梦思xí mèng sīinner-spring mattress (loanword from US mattress brand "Simmons")
• 席地xí dì(literary) to spread a mat on the ground; (by extension) to be on the ground or floor…
• 席德尼Xí dé níSidney or Sydney (name)
• 席地而睡xí dì ér shuìto sleep on the ground
• 席凡宁根Xí fán níng gēnScheveningen, resort in Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands
• 席勒Xí lèSchiller (name); Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller or Friedrich Schiller…

Words containing 席

• 主席zhǔ xíchairperson; premier; chairman
• 出席chū xíto attend; to participate; present
• 缺席quē xíto be absent
• 毛主席Máo zhǔ xíChairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛泽东
• 首席shǒu xíchief (representative, correspondent etc)
• 主席台zhǔ xí táirostrum; platform
• 酒席jiǔ xífeast; banquet
• 宴席yàn xíbanquet; feast
• 一席之地yī xí zhī dì(acknowledged) place; a role to play; niche
• 一席话yī xí huàthe content of a conversation; words; remarks
• 筵席yán xíbanquet; mat for sitting
• 毛主席语录Máo zhǔ xí Yǔ lùQuotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published 1964–1979 and widely distributed during…
• 座无虚席zuò wú xū xílit. a banquet with no empty seats; full house; capacity crowd
• 列席liè xíto attend a meeting as a nonvoting delegate
• 草席cǎo xístraw mat
• 主席团zhǔ xí tuánpresidium
• 联席会议lián xí huì yìjoint conference
• 满汉全席Mǎn Hàn quán xíthe Manchu Han imperial feast, a legendary banquet in the Qing dynasty…
• 入席rù xíto take one's seat
• 凉席liáng xísummer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo)
• 打席dǎ xí(baseball) plate appearance (PA)
• 议席yì xíseat in a parliament or legislative assembly
• 还席huán xíto offer a return banquet
• 主席国zhǔ xí guóchair country; country holding revolving presidency

Characters built on 广

These share the phonetic component 广 (guǎng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…
• 庇bìto protect; cover; shelter
• 廌zhìunicorn
• 庳bìlow-built house
• 庀pǐto prepare

Characters that look like 席

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 展zhǎnto spread out; to open up; to exhibit
• 原yuánformer; original; primary
• 律lǜlaw
• 烯xīalkene
• 莽mǎng(bound form) dense growth of grass; (literary) vast; boundless; (bound form) boorish…
• 屌diǎopenis; (slang) cool or extraordinary; (Cantonese) to fuck

Sounds the same

Read xí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 习(bound form) to practice; to study; habit
• 袭(bound form) to raid; to attack; (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate…
• 媳daughter-in-law
• 褶(arch.) court dress
• 檄dispatch; order
• 觋wizard
• 槢a hard wood
• 霫Sui-Tang (premodern ethnic group)
• 隰low; marshy land
• 鎴strontium (obsolete, now 锶
• 𫘬(literary) horse with white forelegs
• 鳛loach; mudfish