“Chair” in Japanese, Chinese and 18 more languages
In Japanese, “chair” is 椅子 (isu). In Chinese it is 椅子 (yǐ zi).
Japanese
椅子
いす · isu
椅子に座ってください。
Please sit on the chair.
Chinese (Simplified)
椅子
yǐ zi
请坐在椅子上。
Please sit on the chair.
Chinese counts it with the measure word 把: 一把椅子 means “one chair”.
“Chair” in 20 languages
The word and an example sentence in each language. The speaker buttons read them aloud with your browser’s voice.
| Language | Word | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 椅子 いす · isu | 椅子に座ってください。 |
| English | chair /tʃer/ | Please sit on the chair. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 椅子 yǐ zi | 请坐在椅子上。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 椅子 yǐ zi | 請坐在椅子上。 |
| Korean | 의자 | 의자에 앉으세요. |
| Spanish | silla | Siéntate en la silla, por favor. |
| French | chaise | Assieds-toi sur la chaise, s'il te plaît. |
| German | Stuhl | Setz dich bitte auf den Stuhl. |
| Italian | sedia | Siediti sulla sedia, per favore. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | cadeira | Sente-se na cadeira, por favor. |
| Russian | стул | Садись, пожалуйста, на стул. |
| Arabic | كرسي | من فضلك اجلس على الكرسي. |
| Hindi | कुर्सी | कृपया कुर्सी पर बैठिए। |
| Indonesian | kursi | Silakan duduk di kursi. |
| Vietnamese | ghế | Mời bạn ngồi xuống ghế. |
| Thai | เก้าอี้ | เชิญนั่งเก้าอี้ |
| Turkish | sandalye | Lütfen sandalyeye otur. |
| Dutch | stoel | Ga alsjeblieft op de stoel zitten. |
| Swedish | stol | Sätt dig på stolen, är du snäll. |
| Polish | krzesło | Usiądź, proszę, na krześle. |
