席
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xí · seat, place

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HSK 3.0 · Level 7-9Frequency #5971
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Writing notes

Shape and proportion

10Total strokes

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Upper-left enclosureCharacter structure

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巾Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 席

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xíWords pronounced xí
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Example sentences

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Nǐ chū xí le wǒ de hūn lǐ.你出席了我的婚礼。

You were at my wedding.

Source: Tatoeba #3043968 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tài hǎo le. yí gè quē xí de rén dōu méi yǒu.太好了。一个缺席的人都没有。

Good. No absentees.

Source: Tatoeba #344987 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ huì chū xí huì yì de.我会出席会议的。

I will be at the meeting.

Source: Tatoeba #462105 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā mén suǒ yǒu de rén dōu méi yǒu chū xí.他們所有的人都沒有出席。

All of them are not present.

Source: Tatoeba #779529 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xiǎng yào chū xí pài duì.我想要出席派对。

I'd like to attend the party.

Source: Tatoeba #782835 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ jiāng bù chū xí pài duì.我将不出席派对。

I will not attend the party.

Source: Tatoeba #1446888 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 席 in context

  1. Say xí, then recall the core meaning: seat, place.
  2. Write all 10 strokes while keeping the upper-left enclosure balanced.
  3. Use it in 出席 (chū xí), meaning “to attend”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 席 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.