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椅

yǐ

HSK 1 Character

What 椅 means

1. chair

Example sentences

• 没有椅子坐。
  There's no chair to sit upon.
• 椅子是木质的。
  Yǐzi shì mùzhì de.
  The chair is made of wood.
• 这把椅子很丑。
  This chair is ugly.
• 她坐在长椅上。
  She sat on the bench.
• 这把椅子很轻。
  This chair is light.
• 给汤姆把椅子。
  Give Tom a chair.

Words starting with 椅

• 椅子yǐ zichair
• 椅背yǐ bèithe back of a chair
• 椅凳yǐ dèngbench; chairs and stools

Words containing 椅

• 座椅zuò yǐseat
• 轮椅lún yǐwheelchair
• 长椅cháng yǐbench
• 躺椅tǎng yǐdeck chair; recliner; couch
• 藤椅téng yǐrattan chair
• 交椅jiāo yǐold-style wooden folding armchair, typically featuring a footrest…
• 坐椅zuò yǐseat; chair
• 转椅zhuàn yǐswivel chair; children's roundabout
• 摇椅yáo yǐrocking chair
• 折椅zhé yǐfolding chair
• 睡椅shuì yǐcouch
• 角椅jiǎo yǐchair designed to fit in corner of a room
• 电椅diàn yǐelectric chair (used to execute criminals)
• 龙椅lóng yǐthe Dragon Throne; the imperial throne
• 安乐椅ān lè yǐcomfortable armchair; easy chair; rocking chair
• 幻椅式huàn yǐ shìchair (yoga pose)
• 靠背椅kào bèi yǐhigh-back chair
• 高脚椅gāo jiǎo yǐtall chair; bar stool; (child's) high chair
• 座椅套子zuò yǐ tào ziseat cover
• 弹射座椅tán shè zuò yǐejection seat
• 人体工学椅rén tǐ gōng xué yǐergonomic chair
• 扶手椅fú shǒu yǐarmchair
• 折叠椅zhé dié yǐfolding chair; deck chair
• 缆索吊椅lǎn suǒ diào yǐski-lift

Characters built on 奇

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

• 寄jìto entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 倚yǐto lean on; to rely upon
• 崎qímountainous
• 畸jīlopsided; unbalanced; abnormal
• 琦qí(literary) fine jade
• 绮qǐbeautiful; open-work silk
• 旖yǐused in 旖旎

Characters that look like 椅

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

• 跨kuàto step across; to stride over; to straddle
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 琦qí(literary) fine jade
• 梓zǐChinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and…
• 隋Suíthe Sui dynasty (581–617 AD); surname Sui
• 绮qǐbeautiful; open-work silk

Sounds the same

Read yǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 以to use; by means of; according to
• 已already; to stop; then
• 乙second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; second in order…
• 蚁ant
• 矣classical final particle, similar to modern 了
• 倚to lean on; to rely upon
• 尾horse's tail; pointed posterior section of a locust etc
• 苡used in 芣苡; see 薏苡
• 旖used in 旖旎
• 螘ant; variant of 蚁
• 钇yttrium (chemistry)
• 扆screen