"Chair" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jiǎng zuò course of lectures / lecture series / chair (academic position)
 yǐ zi chair / CL:把[ba3],張|张[zhang1]
 zuò yǐ seat / chair
 yǐ chair
 guó huì yì zhǎng chair (or president, speaker etc) of national congress
 huàn yǐ shì chair (yoga pose)
 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4] / chair of a board / university president / college dean / premier of the Republic of China / CL:個|个[ge4]
 fù yuàn zhǎng deputy chair of board / vice-president (of a university etc)
 xì zhǔ rèn head of a (university) department / department chair
 yǐ bèi the back of a chair
 dài bù to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc) / to ride (or drive) / means of transportation
轿 jiào zi sedan chair / palanquin / litter
 qiàn shēn to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture)
 yǐ kào to lean on / to rest against / to rely on / support / backing / back of a chair
 tǎng yǐ deck chair / recliner / couch / lounge
 zuò diàn saddle (of a bicycle) / seat (of a car or bike) / chair cushion
轿 huā jiào bridal sedan chair
 yáo yǐ rocking chair
 yíng qīn (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 / to fetch the bride / to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house
 téng yǐ rattan chair
 Huí Liáng yù Hui Liangyu (1944-) PRC Hui national career politician from Guilin, background in economics, politburo member 2002-2012, deputy chair of State Council 2003-2013
 zhuàn yǐ swivel chair / children's roundabout
 kào bèi yǐ high-back chair
 diàn yǐ electric chair (used to execute criminals)
 zhé dié yǐ folding chair / deck chair
竿 huá gān a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles
 zhé yǐ folding chair
 yú (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public
轿 jiào sedan chair / palanquin / litter
 biān bamboo sedan chair
 dōu bamboo, rattan or wicker basket / sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese)
 zhǔ xí guó chair country / country holding revolving presidency
轿 tái jiào zi to carry sb in a sedan chair / flatter / sing praises
 jiǎo yǐ chair designed to fit in corner of a room
  UNESCO Chair on women's studies
  UNESCO Chair on women's rights
  Conclusions of the Chair
 zhǔ xí zhī yǒu friend of the chair
  Friends of the Chair on Millennium Development Goals indicators
  dental chair
  UNESCO Chair on peace, human rights and democracy
  regional Culture of Peace Chair
  Friends of the Chair group on integrated economic statistics
  chair in global economics
 gāo jiǎo yǐ stool / high chair
轿 nuǎn jiào closed sedan chair
 tì zi drawer / stackable cooking vessel / woven mat on a bed frame or chair / woven window screen
 bù niǎn (literary) palanquin / sedan chair / (literary) to ride in a palanquin
 léi (archaic) simple sedan chair for traveling in the mountains / (archaic) platter with compartments for food (also pr. [lei3])
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