席
xíXí HSK4

seat, mat

席 xí frequency
classifier measure word
measure word for speeches, conversations, or banquets

听君一席话，胜读十年书。

tīng jūn yī xí huà, shèng dú shí nián shū.

Listening to your words is worth more than ten years of study.

banquet adverb
a formal feast or dinner party

开饭了，主人热情地请各位客人入席。

kāi​fàn le, zhǔ​rén rè​qíng de qǐng gè​wèi kè​rén rù xí.

Dinner is ready; the host warmly invites the guests to take their seats.

seat measure word
a seat or place in a legislative body or formal assembly

他在议会中占有一席。

tā zài yì​huì zhōng zhàn​yǒu yī xí.

He holds a seat in parliament.

woven mat place word
a mat made of woven straw, bamboo, or other materials for sitting or sleeping

由于太累了，他倒在席上立刻就睡着了。

yóu​yú tài lèi le, tā dǎo zài xí shàng lì​kè jiù shuì​zháo le.

Being so tired, he collapsed onto the mat and fell asleep immediately.

席 Xí
Xi proper name
surname Xi

席先生是我们的经理。

Xí xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de jīng​lǐ.

Mr. Xi is our manager.

席 (蓆) xí
mat noun
woven mat

这张草席是纯手工编织的，夏天睡在上面非常凉快。

zhè zhāng cǎo​xí shì chún shǒu​gōng biān​zhī de, xià​tiān shuì zài shàng​miàn fēi​cháng liáng​kuai.

This straw mat is hand-woven, and it feels very cool to sleep on in the summer.

Frequency
Character
Written text
894th most common 194.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,246th most common 66.3 per million appears in 26% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
7.06 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
20.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+5E2D

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)