MAT    墊席

A BLANKET FOR PUTTING ON the FLOOR.
CARPETRUGMATFLOOR COVERING
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The more common word xí 席 refers to a mat used for sitting on, typically in ceremonial contexts. Bì xí 避席 is to leave this kind of sitting mat in order to make a formal pronouncement. A xí 席 may also be placed on a bed. 2. Yán 筵 is specifically the larger carpet-like mat put on the floor on which the xí 席 is placed in turn, but this distinction came to be blurred. The word is very regularly associated with the jī 几 "low table" which one suspects were placed on the yán 筵 alongside with the xí 席 "sitting mat". 3. Rù 褥 refers to a mattress-like padded mat used for sleeping on.
Modern Chinese Criteria
墊席 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • BAMBOO MAT　MAT PRODUCED USING BAMBOO. (anc: 8/0, child: 0)
  • STRAW MAT　MAT PRODUCED USING STRAW OR REEDS. (anc: 8/0, child: 0)
  • WOOLEN MAT　MAT PRODUCED USING WOOL. (anc: 8/0, child: 0)
See also
  • SITSUPPORT one's WEIGHT USING one's BUTTOCKS AND KEEPING ONE'S SPINE UPRIGHT.
Hypernym
  • BLANKET　BIG CLOTH USED to SAFEGUARD SLEEPING HUMANS AGAINST the COLD WHILE they SLEEP. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
  • CLOTH　ARTEFACT TYPICALLY PRODUCED by WEAVING OR KNITTING, SOMETIMES USED FOR PRODUCING GARMENTS. (anc: 5/0, child: 9)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 224

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 773

    Matte zum Sitzen:

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 42

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.1227

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 880

    席，筵

    1. WL omits the main difference between these two which is that the xi2 席 is for a person to sit on, whereas the ya2n 筵 is not only for the xi2 席 to be placed on, but for the ji1 几 "low table" to be placed together with it. The association of the ya2n 筵 with the xi2 席 is ubiquitous.

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 194ff

    • Words (11 items)

    席  xí OC: sɢljaɡ MC: ziɛk 24 Attributions

    The more common word xí 席 refers to a mat used for sitting on, typically in ceremonial contexts. Bì xí 避席is to leave this kind of sitting mat in order to make a formal pronouncement. A xí 席 may also be placed on a bed.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 薦/STRAW MAT
    • Assoc: 筵/MAT Yán 筵 is specifically the larger carpet-like mat put on the floor on which the xí 席 is placed in turn, but this distinction came to be blurred. The word is very regularly associated with the jī 几 "low table" which one suspects were placed on the yán 筵 alongside with the xí 席 "sitting mat".

      Syntactic words
    • nmat to sit on, usually, on festive occasions, this mat being put on another rough mat on the floor; sometimes: mat to sleep on
    • n(post-N)one's mat for sitting on, one's seatCH
    • nadVreference=objectlike a mat
    • nsleepinga mat for sleeping on
    筵  yán OC: lan MC: jiɛn 11 Attributions

    Yán 筵 is specifically the larger carpet-like mat put on the floor on which the xí 席 is placed in turn, but this distinction came to be blurred. The word is very regularly associated with the jī 几 "low table" which one suspects were placed on the yán 筵 alongside with the xí 席 "sitting mat".

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 席/MAT The more common word xí 席 refers to a mat used for sitting on, typically in ceremonial contexts. Bì xí 避席is to leave this kind of sitting mat in order to make a formal pronouncement. A xí 席 may also be placed on a bed.

      Syntactic words
    • nSHI: long rough mat put directly on the floor to sit on on festive occasions, mostly with an additional mat on top, larger than xí 席. Also small tables were put on this mat.
    褥  rù OC: njoɡ MC: ȵi̯ok
    蓐  rù OC: njoɡ MC: ȵi̯ok
    縟  rù OC: njoɡ MC: ȵi̯ok 6 Attributions

    Rù 褥 refers to a mattress-like padded mat used for sleeping on.

      Syntactic words
    • npillow/mattress filled with hay/grass/silk floss for sleeping on
    敷具  fū jù OC: phla ɡos MC: phi̯o gi̯o 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmats and cushions to be spread out for visitors
    茵席  yīn xí MC: 'jin zjek OC: qin sɢljaɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmats and mattresses of all kindsCH
    中席  zhōng xí MC: trjuwng zjek OC: krluŋ sɢljaɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPccentre of the matCH
    衽席  rèn xí OC: njɯms sɢljaɡ MC: ȵim ziɛk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPsleeping mat
    席薦  xí jiàn OC: sɢljaɡ tseens MC: ziɛk tsen 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPindefinitemat
    床褥  chuáng rù OC: sɡraŋ njoɡ MC: ɖʐi̯ɐŋ ȵi̯ok 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPbed mat; mattress
    尼師壇  ní shī tán OC: nil sril daan MC: ɳi ʂi dɑn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPsoft mat used by Buddhists DCD: 亦作尼師但那。梵語音譯。佛教徒所說六物之一。即隨坐衣。衣上所附布料可作坐具或臥具。
    茵席  yīn xí MC: 'jin zjek OC: qin sɢljaɡ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmats and mattresses of all kindsCH