宴席

Chinese

		feast; repose	banquet; woven mat; seat banquet; woven mat; seat; place
trad. (宴席)		宴	席
simp. #(宴席)		宴	席

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yànxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³ zik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàn-se̍k / iàn-si̍t / iàn-sia̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yànxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yànsí
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-hsi²
    • Yale: yàn-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannshyi
    • Palladius: яньси (janʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin³ zik⁶
    • Yale: yin jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin³ jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ t͡sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn-se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: iàn-si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iernsek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ siɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: iàn-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iernsit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sit̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn-sia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: iàn-sia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iernsiah
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ siaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²¹⁻⁵³ siaʔ⁴/

Noun

宴席

1. banquet; feast; dinner party

Synonyms

• 夜宴 (yèyàn, “evening banquet”) (literary)
• 大菜 (dàcài)
• 宴會／宴会 (yànhuì)
• 筵宴 (yányàn) (literary)
• 筵席 (yánxí)
• 酒宴 (jiǔyàn)
• 酒席 (jiǔxí)
• 酒水 (Wu)
• 飲宴／饮宴 (yǐnyàn)
• 饗宴／飨宴 (xiǎngyàn)

 

Derived terms

• 天下沒有不散的宴席／天下没有不散的宴席 (tiānxià méiyǒu bùsàn de yànxí)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宴	席
えん Grade: S	せき Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

宴(えん)席(せき) • (enseki) 

1. banquet, feast, dinner party