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HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 337239)

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Words Containing 席

席位
xí wèi

a seat (in a theater, stadium etc)

出席
chū xí

to attend

路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦
lù yì sī · yī nà xī ào · lú lā · dá xí ěr wǎ

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the thirty-fifth president of Brazil

即席
jí xí

impromptu

审判席
shěn pàn xí

judgment seat

软席
ruǎn xí

soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)

座无虚席
zuò wú xū xí

lit. a banquet with no empty seats

主席
zhǔ xí

chairperson

首席信息官
shǒu xí xìn xī guān

chief information officer (CIO)

毛主席语录
máo zhǔ xí yǔ lù

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published from 1964 to about 1976

出席者
chū xí zhě

attendant

首席大法官
shǒu xí dà fǎ guān

Chief Justice (of US Supreme Court)

酒席
jiǔ xí

feast

打席
dǎ xí

(baseball) plate appearance (PA)

入席
rù xí

to take one's seat

还席
huán xí

to offer a return banquet

主席国
zhǔ xí guó

chair country

砚席
yàn xí

ink slab and sitting mat

满汉全席
mǎn hàn quán xí

the Manchu Han imperial feast, a legendary banquet in the Qing dynasty

枕席
zhěn xí

pillow mat

党主席
dǎng zhǔ xí

party chief

首席执行官
shǒu xí zhí xíng guān

chief executive officer (CEO)

首席代表
shǒu xí dài biǎo

chief representative

弗里德里希·席勒
fú lǐ dé lǐ xī · xí lè

Friedrich Schiller or Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist

筵席
yán xí

banquet

芦席
lú xí

reed mat

列席
liè xí

to attend a meeting as a nonvoting delegate

首席
shǒu xí

chief (representative, correspondent etc)

天下没有不散的宴席
tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí

see 天下沒有不散的筵席|天下没有不散的筵席[tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí]

缺席
quē xí

absence

敬老席
jìng lǎo xí

priority seating for the aged (on buses etc)

筵席捐
yán xí juān

tax on a banquet or feast

割席
gē xí

(literary) to break off relations with a friend

虚席以待
xū xí yǐ dài

to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)

宴席
yàn xí

banquet; feast

听君一席话,胜读十年书
tīng jūn yī xí huà , shèng dú shí nián shū

listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)

硬席
yìng xí

hard seat (on trains)

国家主席
guó jiā zhǔ xí

president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)

副主席
fù zhǔ xí

vice-chairperson

散席
sàn xí

end of a banquet

末席
mò xí

end seat

席梦思
xí mèng sī

spring mattress (loanword from \Simmons\ bedding company name)

席勒
xí lè

Schiller (name)

助手席
zhù shǒu xí

front passenger seat (in a car)

办酒席
bàn jiǔ xí

to prepare a feast

驾驶席
jià shǐ xí

driver's seat

席地而睡
xí dì ér shuì

to sleep on the ground (idiom)

出席表决比例
chū xí biǎo jué bǐ lì

proportion of those present and voting

流水席
liú shuǐ xí

banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive

一席之地
yī xí zhī dì

(acknowledged) place

越席
yuè xí

to leave one's seat

苇席
wěi xí

reed mat

席卷
xí juǎn

to engulf

联席董事
lián xí dǒng shì

associate director

逃席
táo xí

to leave a banquet (without taking one's leave)

首席法官
shǒu xí fǎ guān

Chief Justice

席子
xí zi

woven mat

首席运营官
shǒu xí yùn yíng guān

chief operating officer (COO)

主席台
zhǔ xí tái

rostrum

千里搭长棚,没有不散的宴席
qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí

even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)

议席
yì xí

seat in a parliament or legislative assembly

坐席
zuò xí

seat (at a banquet)

席凡宁根
xí fán níng gēn

Scheveningen, resort in Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands

退席
tuì xí

to absent oneself from a meeting

主席团
zhǔ xí tuán

presidium

席地而坐
xí dì ér zuò

to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom)

座席
zuò xí

seat (at banquet)

证人席
zhèng rén xí

witness stand or box

凉席
liáng xí

summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo)

毛主席
máo zhǔ xí

Chairman Mao

席德尼
xí dé ní

Sidney or Sydney (name)

首席营销官
shǒu xí yíng xiāo guān

chief marketing officer (CMO)

首席技术官
shǒu xí jì shù guān

chief technology officer (CTO)

联席会议
lián xí huì yì

joint conference

首席财务官
shǒu xí cái wù guān

chief financial officer (CFO)

天下没有不散的筵席
tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí

all good things must come to an end (idiom)

一席话
yī xí huà

the content of a conversation