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席 xí banquet / seat
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The cowboy wants to join a banquet. The fairy says: "You are very welcome. But if you want a seat, please take this sheep back to it's shelter. " |
Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
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Hsi is composed of 庶 shu many (contracted) and 巾 chin napkin as radical. It refers to the mats on which the "many" guests sat, and although chairs and tables were used in very early ages, the term mat is still applied to a banquet. It here refers to the plaited grass mats laid on beds, fine ones for coolness in summer, coarse ones for warmth in winter. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
席
xí
woven mat/seat/banquet/place in a democratic assembly/classifier for banquets, conversations etc/surname Xi
席
蓆
xí
variant of 席[xi2]/woven mat
Phrases ending with the given character
副fù
主zhǔ
席xí
vice-chairperson
助zhù
手shǒu
席xí
front passenger seat (in a car)
审審shěn
判判pàn
席席xí
judgment seat
敬jìng
老lǎo
席xí
priority seating for the aged (on buses etc)
毛máo
主zhǔ
席xí
Chairman Mao/Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
流liú
水shuǐ
席xí
banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive
证證zhèng
人人rén
席席xí
witness stand or box
办辦bàn
酒酒jiǔ
席席xí
to prepare a feast
驾駕jià
驶駛shǐ
席席xí
driver's seat/pilot's seat
党黨dǎng
主主zhǔ
席席xí
party chief