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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Xí | Xi2
English translation
surname Xi
woven mat
seat
banquet
place in a democratic assembly
classifier for banquets, conversations etc
variant of [xí]
seat, place; mat; banquet; to take a seat

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A cloth  jīn  or straw cǎo mat in the house 广 Guǎng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

广 Guǎng 廿巾

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and shù represents the sound.

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狂风 kuáng fēng 间歇 jiàn xiē de 席卷 xí juǎn 火星 Huǒ xīng shǎng de chén yún .

Violent winds periodically drive clouds of dust around Mars.

de 自白 zì bái 简直 jiǎnzhí 等于 děngyú piān 即席 jí xí 说明 shuōmíng .

Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.

chú 而外共有 gòng yǒu shí rén 出席 chūxí .

There were ten present not including myself.

缺席 quēxí de 借口 jièkǒu 显然 xiǎnrán shì xiā biān de .

The excuse for her absence was obviously fabricated.

jiè 时务 qǐng 出席 chūxí .

Your presence is requested for the occasion.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
主席 zhǔxí chairperson主席 zhǔxí
出席 chūxí to attend出席 chūxí
首席 shǒu xí chief (representative, correspondent etc)首席 shǒu xí
毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí Chairman Mao毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí
seat
缺席 quēxí absence缺席 quēxí
副主席 fù zhǔ xí vice-chairperson副主席 fù zhǔ xí
席位 xí wèi a seat (in a theater, stadium etc)席位 xí wèi
一席之地 yī xí zhī dì (acknowledged) place一席之地 yī xí zhī dì
席卷 xí juǎn to engulf席捲
证人席 zhèng rén xí witness stand or box證人席
宴席 yàn xí banquet宴席 yàn xí
国家主席 guó jiā zhǔ xí president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)國家主席
列席 liè xí to attend a meeting as a nonvoting delegate列席 liè xí
主席团 zhǔ xí tuán presidium主席團
酒席 jiǔ xí feast酒席 jiǔ xí
主席台 zhǔ xí tái rostrum主席臺
联席会议 lián xí huì yì joint conference聯席會議
座无虚席 zuò wú xū xí full house座無虛席
入席 rù xí to take one's seat入席 rù xí
筵席 yán xí banquet筵席 yán xí
即席 jí xí impromptu即席 jí xí

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