椅 (yǐ): chair
椅 (yǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “chair.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 奇 (phonetic). It ranks #1651 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 椅 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- chair
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 椅
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 座椅 | zuò yǐ | seat |
| 长椅 | cháng yǐ | bench |
| 电椅 | diàn yǐ | electric chair (used to execute criminals) |
| 躺椅 | tǎng yǐ | deck chair |
| 睡椅 | shuì yǐ | couch |
| 摇椅 | yáo yǐ | rocking chair |
| 交椅 | jiāo yǐ | old-style wooden folding armchair, typically featuring a footrest |
| 椅背 | yǐ bèi | the back of a chair |
| 折叠椅 | zhé dié yǐ | folding chair |
| 转椅 | zhuàn yǐ | swivel chair |
| 坐椅 | zuò yǐ | seat |
| 藤椅 | téng yǐ | rattan chair |
| 扶手椅 | fú shǒu yǐ | armchair |
| 靠背椅 | kào bèi yǐ | high-back chair |
| 人体工学椅 | rén tǐ gōng xué yǐ | ergonomic chair |
椅 appears in 28 compound words: 11 as the first character, 79 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 椅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
长时间坐在不合适的椅子上工作，容易导致腰背疼痛。
Cháng shíjiān zuò zài bù héshì de yǐzi shang gōngzuò, róngyì dǎozhì yāobèi téngtòng.
Sitting in an unsuitable chair for long periods can easily lead to back pain.
...26”展览周日揭幕 小学生发明AI分析座椅纠正坐姿
. . . 2 6 zhǎn lǎn zhōu rì jiē mù xiǎo xué shēng fā míng A I fēn xī zuò yǐ jiū zhèng zuò zī
... 26" exhibition opened on Sunday, and elementary school students invented AI to analyze the seat to correct the sitting posture
货车座椅改装 须变更车种
huò chē zuò yǐ gǎi zhuāng xū biàn gēng chē zhǒng
Truck seat modification requires a change of vehicle type
搭新幹線遇孩童狂踢椅背 近7成日本人選擇忍?坦言是怕「他們」
dā xīn 幹 線 yù hái tóng kuáng tī yǐ bèi jìn chéng rì běn rén 選 擇 rěn ? tǎn yán shì pà tā 們
Nearly 70% of Japanese people choose to endure when they encounter children kicking the back of chairs on the Shinkansen? Frankly said that he was afraid of "them"
黃騰浩退居幕後「忙搬桌椅」! 角頭團隊新作懷秋、吳念軒雙帥登場
黃 騰 hào tuì jū mù 後 máng bān zhuō yǐ ! jiǎo 頭 團 隊 xīn zuò 懷 qiū 吳 niàn 軒 雙 帥 dēng 場
Huang Tenghao Steps Backstage to "Busy Moving Furniture"! New Work from Gangster Team Features Dual Heartthrobs Huai Qiu and Wu Nianxuan
你可以移一移那张椅子吗？
Nǐ kěyǐ yí yī yí nà zhāng yǐzi ma?
Could you move the chair a bit?
猫在椅子上面，还是在椅子下面呢？
Māo zài yǐzi shàngmiàn, háishi zài yǐzi xiàmiàn ne?
Is the cat on the chair or under the chair?
那张木椅要多少钱？
Nà zhāng mù yǐ yào duōshao qián?
How much does the wooden chair cost?
你家桌子边有几个椅子？
Nǐ jiā zhuōzi biān yǒu jǐge yǐzi?
How many chairs do you have around your table?
「这张椅子是谁的？」「是我的。」
「 zhè zhāng yǐzi shì shéi de?」「 shì wǒ de.」
"Whose chair is this?" "It is mine."
Character Family
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