Usage of the character 席

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)

tuìxí

退席

[退席]

to absent oneself from a meeting
to decline to attend

rùxí

入席

[入席]

to take one's seat

jíxí

即席

[即席]

impromptu
improvised
to take one's seat (at a banquet etc)

lièxí

列席

[列席]

to attend a meeting as a nonvoting delegate

sànxí

散席

[散席]

end of a banquet

jiǔxí

酒席

[酒席]

feast; banquet

yuèxí

越席

[越席]

to leave one's seat

zhǔxí

主席

[主席]

chairperson
premier
chairman
CL:個／个 (gè),位 (wèi)

Xílè

席勒

[席勒]

Schiller (name)
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller or Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist

zuòxí

座席

[座席]

seat (at banquet)
by ext. guest of honor

shǒuxí

首席

[首席]

chief (representative, correspondent etc)

liángxí

凉席

[涼席]

summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo)
CL:張／张 (zhāng),領／领 (lǐng)

yànxí

砚席

[硯席]

ink slab and sitting mat
place where one studies and teaches

ruǎnxí

软席

[軟席]

soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)

xíjuǎn

席卷

[席捲]

to engulf
to sweep
to carry away everything

gēxí

割席

[割席]

(literary) to break off relations with a friend
to sever ties with sb

dǎxí

打席

[打席]

(baseball) plate appearance (PA)

yìxí

议席

[議席]

seat in a parliament or legislative assembly

xíwèi

席位

[席位]

a seat (in a theater, stadium etc)
parliamentary or congressional seat

xízi

席子

[席子]

woven mat

huánxí

还席

[還席]

to offer a return banquet

yìngxí

硬席

[硬席]

hard seat (on trains)

táoxí

逃席

[逃席]

to leave a banquet (without taking one's leave)

chūxí

出席

[出席]

to attend
to participate
present

mòxí

末席

[末席]

end seat
place for less senior person

yánxí

筵席

[筵席]

banquet
mat for sitting

liúshuǐxí

流水席

[流水席]

banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive

Máo Zhǔxí

毛主席

[毛主席]

Chairman Mao
Mao Zedong 毛澤東／毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader

Sèxí'ěr

塞席尔

[塞席爾]

the Seychelles (Tw)

bànjiǔxí

办酒席

[辦酒席]

to prepare a feast

zhǔxíguó

主席国

[主席國]

chair country
country holding revolving presidency

zhěnxír

枕席儿

[枕席兒]

erhua variant of 枕席 (zhěnxí)

yīxíhuà

一席话

[一席話]

the content of a conversation
words
remarks

dǎngzhǔxí

党主席

[黨主席]

party chief

Xímèngsī

席梦思

[席夢思]

spring mattress (loanword from "Simmons" bedding company name)

jiàshǐxí

驾驶席

[駕駛席]

driver's seat
pilot's seat

jìnglǎoxí

敬老席

[敬老席]

priority seating for the aged (on buses etc)

yánxíjuān

筵席捐

[筵席捐]

tax on a banquet or feast

zhùshǒuxí

助手席

[助手席]

front passenger seat (in a car)

zhǔxítuán

主席团

[主席團]

presidium

zhǔxítái

主席台

[主席臺]

rostrum
platform
CL:個／个 (gè)

zhèngrénxí

证人席

[證人席]

witness stand or box

Xídéní

席德尼

[席德尼]

Sidney or Sydney (name)

chūxízhě

出席者

[出席者]

attendee

fùzhǔxí

副主席

[副主席]

vice-chairperson

shěnpànxí

审判席

[審判席]

judgment seat

Mǎn Hànquánxí

满汉全席

[滿漢全席]

the Manchu Han imperial feast, a legendary banquet in the Qing dynasty
(fig.) a sumptuous banquet

xídì'érshuì

席地而睡

[席地而睡]

to sleep on the ground (idiom)

liánxíhuìyì

联席会议

[聯席會議]

joint conference

Xífánnínggēn

席凡宁根

[席凡寧根]

Scheveningen, resort in Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands

xūxíyǐdài

虚席以待

[虛席以待]

to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)

shǒuxídàibiǎo

首席代表

[首席代表]

chief representative

liánxídǒngshì

联席董事

[聯席董事]

associate director

shǒuxífǎguān

首席法官

[首席法官]

Chief Justice

xídì'érzuò

席地而坐

[席地而坐]

to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom)

zuòwúxūxí

座无虚席

[座無虛席]

lit. a banquet with no empty seats
full house
capacity crowd
standing room only

yīxízhīdì

一席之地

[一席之地]

(acknowledged) place
a role to play
niche

guójiāzhǔxí

国家主席

[國家主席]

president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)

shǒuxíyíngxiāoguān

首席营销官

[首席營銷官]

chief marketing officer (CMO)

shǒuxízhíxíngguān

首席执行官

[首席執行官]

chief executive officer (CEO)

shǒuxíjìshùguān

首席技术官

[首席技術官]

chief technology officer (CTO)

shǒuxídàfǎguān

首席大法官

[首席大法官]

Chief Justice (of US Supreme Court)

shǒuxícáiwùguān

首席财务官

[首席財務官]

chief financial officer (CFO)

shǒuxíyùnyíngguān

首席运营官

[首席運營官]

chief operating officer (COO)

shǒuxíxìnxīguān

首席信息官

[首席信息官]

chief information officer (CIO)

Máo Zhǔxí Yǔlù

毛主席语录

[毛主席語錄]

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published from 1964 to about 1976

chūxíbiǎojuébǐlì

出席表决比例

[出席表決比例]

proportion of those present and voting

Fúlǐdélǐxī· Xílè

弗里德里希·席勒

[弗里德里希·席勒]

Friedrich Schiller or Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist

tiānxiàméiyǒubùsàndeyánxí

天下没有不散的筵席

[天下沒有不散的筵席]

all good things must come to an end (idiom)

tiānxiàméiyǒubùsàndeyànxí

天下没有不散的宴席

[天下沒有不散的宴席]

see 天下沒有不散的筵席／天下没有不散的筵席 (tiānxiàméiyǒubùsàndeyánxí)

tīngjūnyīxíhuà,shèngdúshíniánshū

听君一席话，胜读十年书

[聽君一席話，勝讀十年書]

listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)

qiānlǐdāchángpéng,méiyǒubùsàndeyànxí

千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席

[千里搭長棚，沒有不散的宴席]

even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)

Lùyìsī· Yīnàxī'ào· Lúlā· Dáxí'ěrwǎ

路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦

[路易斯·伊納西奧·盧拉·達席爾瓦]

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the thirty-fifth president of Brazil
Lula