Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

chair

Chinese: 椅子。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “yi” becomes a different word in each tone. 椅 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 椅子yǐ zichair
  • 轮椅lún yǐwheelchair
  • 藤椅téng yǐrattan chair
  • 长椅cháng yǐbench
  • 电椅diàn yǐelectric chair (used to execute criminals)

Example Sentence

请坐到这把椅子上来。Qǐng zuò dào zhè bǎ yǐ zi shàng lái.Please sit down on this chair.

请坐Qǐng zuòplease, have a seatdàoto reachzhèthis(marks the object)椅子yǐ zichair上来shàng láito come up