踏垫 踏墊 tà diàn floor mat / bathroom mat / car mat / doormat 筵 yán bamboo mat for sitting 砚席 硯席 yàn xí ink slab and sitting mat / place where one studies and teaches 枕席 zhěn xí pillow mat / pillow and mat / bed syn 笫 zǐ bamboo mat / bed mat 拆装式金属跑道板 拆裝式金屬跑道板 landing mat / aircraft landing mat 对面 對面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face syn 临场 臨場 lín chǎng to be at the scene (sitting for an exam, performing, competing, giving directions etc) / firsthand (experience) / impromptu (remarks etc) syn 坐立不安 zuò lì bù ān lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom) / restless / fidgety syn 起居室 qǐ jū shì living room / sitting room syn 如坐针毡 如坐針氈 rú zuò zhēn zhān lit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom) / fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation syn 挪开 挪開 nuó kāi to move (sth) aside / to step aside / to move over (when sitting on a bench) / to shift (one's gaze) 长跪 長跪 cháng guì to kneel as in prayer (without sitting back on the heels) syn 东 東 dōng east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord syn 打枪 打槍 dǎ qiāng to fire a gun / to substitute for sb in sitting an examination syn 半跏坐 bàn jiā zuò sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva) 在朝 zài cháo sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members) 坐厕 坐廁 zuò cè sitting toilet (contrasted with 蹲廁|蹲厕[dun1ce4] squat toilet) 枪替 槍替 qiāng tì to substitute for sb in sitting an examination 座滴结晶 座滴結晶 zuò dī jié jīng sitting drop crystallization 架二郎腿 jià èr láng tuǐ to stick one leg over the other (when sitting) 翘二郎腿 翹二郎腿 qiào èr láng tuǐ to stick one leg over the other (when sitting) 待毙 待斃 dài bì to await death / to be a sitting duck 北京瘫 北京癱 běi jīng tān "Beijing slouch", sitting posture said to be adopted esp. by Beijingers, popularized by 葛優|葛优[Ge3 You1] 坐吃山空 zuò chī shān kōng lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom) / fig. to spend one's money without generating any income 坐姿 zuò zī sitting posture 垫子 墊子 diàn zi cushion / mat / pad syn 蒲团 蒲團 pú tuán praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail) 凉席 涼席 liáng xí summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo) / CL:張|张[zhang1],領|领[ling3] syn 席子 xí zi woven mat syn 凉棚 涼棚 liáng péng mat awning / arbor 肉蒲团 肉蒲團 ròu pú tuán The Carnal Prayer Mat, Chinese erotic novel from 17th century, usually attributed to Li Yu 李漁|李渔[Li3 Yu3] 芦席 蘆席 lú xí reed mat syn 席 蓆 xí variant of 席[xi2] / woven mat syn 荐 薦 jiàn to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat syn 垫 墊 diàn pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money) syn 藉 jiè (literary) cushion / mat / (literary) to put some padding underneath syn 绷 繃 bēng to draw tight / to stretch taut / to tack (with thread or pin) / (bound form) embroidery hoop / (bound form) woven bed mat syn 苫 shān straw mat / thatch syn 笪 dá rough bamboo mat syn 簟 diàn fine woven grass mat syn 蓐 rù mat / rushes 箦 簀 zé reed mat 裀 yīn mat / underclothing 莚 yán bamboo mat / feast, banquet 篨 chú crude bamboo mat 蓆 xí variant of 席[xi2], woven mat 籧 qú crude bamboo mat 棕垫 棕墊 zōng diàn palm fiber mat 棕毯 zōng tǎn coir mat / palm fiber matting 棕绷 棕繃 zōng bēng rectangular frame with a palm fiber mat woven across it (placed on a bed frame as the sleeping surface) 跪毯 guì tǎn a prayer mat / a carpet for kneeling 卡垫 卡墊 kǎ diàn (Tibetan) rug / mat 筕篖 háng táng woven bamboo mat 床笫 chuáng zǐ bed and bamboo sleeping mat / (fig.) bed as a place for intimacy 苇席 葦席 wěi xí reed mat 屉子 屜子 tì zi drawer / stackable cooking vessel / woven mat on a bed frame or chair / woven window screen syn 茓 xué to store grain by enclosing it in a woven mat rolled into a vertical cylinder 茓子 xué zi long woven mat used to form a cylindrical grain bin 篾席 miè xí mat woven from bamboo strips syn 