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席
Mandarin: xi2
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
  6. 6 post
  7. 7 an office
  8. 8 a surname
  9. 9 to be seated
  10. 10 to take advantage of
  11. 11 # adapted from cc-cedict
Other Readings
席
[[an exclamation]] | jek jó kéuih 席呵佢 — [eat her] an exclamation used
Words containing 席
副主席
vice-chairman, vice-president
缺席
absence; absent
酒席
feast, banquet; to prepare a feast
主席
chairperson; chairman; chairwoman; chair
首席代表
chief representative
草席
Straw mat
毛主席萬歲
"Long live Chairman Mao"
竹席
bamboo mat (also 竹蓆)
主席臺
rostrum; platform
席次
Seats sequence; seat arrangement
席捲
Often used to describe storms such as typhoons, hurricanes, cyclones, blizzards
做主席
to preside over a meeting; to be or work as a chairman
首席執行官
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
入席
to describe a guest takes a seat in a wedding reception or ceremony
席卷一空
to take everything; to steal everything
本席
I (said of a judge speaking in first person)
議席
seat in a parliament or legislative assembly
一席話
what is said during a conversation; an utterance
國家主席江澤民
President Jiang Zemin
出席
to attend; to be present
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