他今天缺席了。
He was absent today.
缺席
to be absent
verb HSK 3.0 · Band 7
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缺
席
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缺
席
- 出席chūxíto attendB5
- 主席zhǔxíchairpersonB5
- 首席shǒuxíchief (representative, correspondent etc)B7
- 席xísurname XiB7
- 席位xíwèia seat (in a theater, stadium etc)B7
See it in sentences
没有人缺席。
No one was absent.