"seat (at banquet)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
座席 zuò xí seat (at banquet) / by ext. guest of honor syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
办桌 辦桌 bàn zhuō (Tw) to hold a banquet / to provide catering / catering / banquet / roadside banquet (Taiwanese-style banquet, typically held under large tents in the street, to celebrate special occasions)
坐席 zuò xí seat (at a banquet) / to attend a banquet syn
满汉全席 滿漢全席 mǎn hàn quán xí the Manchu Han imperial feast, a legendary banquet in the Qing dynasty / (fig.) a sumptuous banquet
公宴 gōng yàn banquet hosted by an organization to honor a distinguished figure / to host such a banquet
宴客 yàn kè to host a banquet / guest at a banquet
吃席 chī xí to attend a banquet (funeral, wedding etc) / (neologism c. 2020) (slang) (jocular) lit. to attend sb's funeral banquet (used to imply that things are going to go badly for sb)
即席 jí xí impromptu / improvised / to take one's seat (at a banquet etc) syn
席位 xí wèi a seat (in a theater, stadium etc) / parliamentary or congressional seat syn
邻座 鄰座 lín zuò adjacent seat / the person in an adjacent seat syn
驾驶席 駕駛席 jià shǐ xí driver's seat / pilot's seat
对号座 對號座 duì hào zuò reserved seat / assigned seat
宴会 宴會 yàn huì banquet / feast / dinner party / CL:席[xi2],個|个[ge4] syn
大餐 dà cān sumptuous meal / banquet
应酬 應酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities / to socialize / dinner party / banquet / social engagement syn
晚宴 wǎn yàn banquet / dinner party / soiree
酒席 jiǔ xí feast / banquet syn
宴席 yàn xí banquet / feast syn
饕餮 tāo tiè ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king / zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes / gluttonous / sumptuous (banquet) syn
饭局 飯局 fàn jú dinner party / banquet
筵席 yán xí banquet / mat for sitting syn
设宴 設宴 shè yàn to host a banquet syn
赴宴 fù yàn to attend a banquet
喜宴 xǐ yàn wedding banquet syn
国宴 國宴 guó yàn state banquet syn
鸿门宴 鴻門宴 hóng mén yàn Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] syn
祭酒 jì jiǔ to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China
飨宴 饗宴 xiǎng yàn feast / banquet
午宴 wǔ yàn lunch banquet syn
宴饮 宴飲 yàn yǐn to wine and dine / to feast / banquet
饮宴 飲宴 yǐn yàn banquet / dinner / drinking party / feast
满盘 滿盤 mǎn pán a plateful / comprehensive / the full works (e.g. a banquet) / the full price
筵宴 筵讌 yán yàn feast / banquet syn
喜筵 xǐ yán wedding banquet / congratulatory feast syn
to go / to visit (e.g. another country) / to attend (a banquet etc) syn
yán bamboo mat / feast, banquet
座无虚席 座無虛席 zuò wú xū xí lit. a banquet with no empty seats / full house / capacity crowd / standing room only syn
杯酒释兵权 杯酒釋兵權 bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
别筵 別筵 bié yán farewell banquet
寿筵 壽筵 shòu yán birthday banquet
折箩 折籮 zhē luó mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet
折冲樽俎 折衝樽俎 zhé chōng zūn zǔ lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table / fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions syn
散席 sàn xí end of a banquet
琼筵 瓊筵 qióng yán banquet / elaborate feast
盛筵 shèng yán grand banquet
筵席捐 yán xí juān tax on a banquet or feast
蟠桃胜会 蟠桃勝會 pán táo shèng huì a victory banquet to taste the peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母
讌會 yàn huì variant of 宴會|宴会, banquet / feast / dinner party
逃席 táo xí to leave a banquet (without taking one's leave)
还席 還席 huán xí to offer a return banquet
酒筵 jiǔ yán feast / banquet
酸奶节 酸奶節 suān nǎi jié Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
开筵 開筵 kāi yán to host a banquet
雪顿 雪頓 xuě dùn Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
雪顿节 雪頓節 xuě dùn jié Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
饕餮大餐 tāo tiè dà cān great meal fit for dragon's son (idiom) / sumptuous banquet
千里搭长棚,没有不散的宴席 千里搭長棚,沒有不散的宴席 qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
投壶 投壺 tóu hú ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment
流水席 liú shuǐ xí banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive
公燕 gōng yàn banquet held for high-ranking imperial or feudal officials
款宴 kuǎn yàn to host a banquet
谢师宴 謝師宴 xiè shī yàn banquet hosted by students in honor of their teachers
邀宴 yāo yàn to invite sb to a banquet
餐宴 cān yàn banquet
春酒 chūn jiǔ banquet to celebrate the Spring Festival / wine made in spring and kept until winter, or made in winter and kept until spring
作陪 zuò péi to attend (a banquet etc) to keep a chief guest company syn
位置 wèi zhi position / place / seat / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
座位 zuò wèi seat / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
下手 xià shǒu to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest syn
县城 縣城 xiàn chéng county seat / county town syn
座椅 zuò yǐ seat
位子 wèi zi place / seat syn
上手 shàng shǒu to obtain / to master / overhand (serve etc) / seat of honor syn
胸怀 胸懷 xiōng huái one's bosom (the seat of emotions) / breast / broad-minded and open / to think about / to cherish syn
同桌 tóng zhuō desk-mate / seat-mate syn
硬座 yìng zuò hard seat (on trains or boats)
安全带 安全帶 ān quán dài seat belt / safety belt syn
凳子 dèng zi stool / small seat syn
后座 後座 hòu zuò back seat / pillion
心房 xīn fáng heart (as the seat of emotions) / cardiac atrium syn
秋千 鞦韆 qiū qiān swing (seat hung from a frame or branch)
请坐 請坐 qǐng zuò please, have a seat
上位 shàng wèi seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic syn
茶座 chá zuò teahouse / tea-stall with seats / tea-garden or teahouse seat
坐垫 坐墊 zuò diàn cushion / (motorbike) seat / CL:塊|块[kuai4]
落座 luò zuò to sit down / to take a seat syn
上座 shàng zuò seat of honor syn
坐椅 zuò yǐ seat / chair
让座 讓座 ràng zuò to give up one's seat for sb syn
软座 軟座 ruǎn zuò soft seat (on trains or boats) syn
入座 rù zuò to take one's seat syn
莲台 蓮臺 lián tái lotus seat
垫圈 墊圈 diàn quān washer (on bolt) / toilet seat
就座 jiù zuò to take a seat syn
府城 fǔ chéng capital of 府 prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) / prefectural seat syn
座垫 座墊 zuò diàn saddle (of a bicycle) / seat (of a car or bike) / chair cushion
海牙 hǎi yá The Hague (seat of government of the Netherlands)
订位 訂位 dìng wèi to reserve a seat / to book a table / reservation
副驾驶 副駕駛 fù jià shǐ copilot (abbr. for 副駕駛員|副驾驶员[fu4jia4shi3yuan2]) / front passenger seat (abbr. for 副駕駛座|副驾驶座[fu4jia4shi3zuo4])
归位 歸位 guī wèi to put sth back where it belongs / to return to the original position / to return to one's seat (in a classroom)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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