桌椅

zhuōyǐ

noun #31,412

Measure Word

一套桌椅 tào

Meanings

1 tables and chairs
2 furniture (collective term)

Characters

Examples

教室里的桌椅整齐地排成几行。

Jiàoshì lǐ de zhuōyǐ zhěngqí de pái chéng jǐ háng.

The desks and chairs in the classroom are arranged in neat rows.

我们买了一套新桌椅。

Wǒmen mǎile yí tào xīn zhuōyǐ.

We bought a new set of table and chairs.

Tips

grammar

桌椅 is a coordinate compound — two nouns joined to form a collective category, like English 'tables and chairs'. Chinese loves these pairings: 桌椅 (furniture), 父母 (parents), 山水 (landscape), 笔墨 (writing tools).

Stroke Order

桌 zhuō

椅 yǐ