Chinese symbol for “recliner”

躺椅

tǎng yǐ

deck chair; recliner; couch; lounge

The closest CC-CEDICT match for recliner is 躺椅 (tǎng yǐ), defined as: deck chair; recliner; couch; lounge.

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Characters and stroke order

躺 tǎng

to recline, to lie down

radical 158 ⾝ · 15 strokes

椅 yǐ

chair, seat

radical 75 ⽊ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 躺椅.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
横躺 (橫躺)	héng tǎng	to lie flat
躺倒	tǎng dǎo	to lie down
斜躺	xié tǎng	to recline
躺平	tǎng píng	to lie stretched out; (neologism, attested by 2021) to opt out of the rat race
仰躺	yǎng tǎng	to lie on one's back
椅子	yǐ zi	chair; measure word: 把 (bǎ), 张 (zhāng)
轮椅 (輪椅)	lún yǐ	wheelchair
座椅	zuò yǐ	seat

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.