How to say chair & blanket .....

[Misty]

Hello!

I'm teaching my kid Mandarin and some words just baffle me. In this case, it's the word chair. When I was taught Mandarin, I was taught to say "yi zi". However, being around native speakers, I hear the term "deng zi" more. I am more of a Cantonese speaker and we tend to use the term "deng zi" more. So, I was wondering if this is more of a written vs spoken vocabulary thing.

Also, the same goes for the word blanket. Which is more prevalent in Mandarin Chinese, bei zi or tan zi?

Thanks.

[mbaiyun]

1. "yi zi" and "deng zi" means the same thing commonly. some places name it "yi zi", and others places call it "deng zi".

2. Bei zi: 被子，quilt;

tan zi: 毯子，blanket.

[xiaotao]

yizi for chair, dengzi for stool, beizi

If you plan to enroll your child in Mandarin class when he is 3 or 4, he will understand the Mandarin teacher no matter how you prefer to say. Cantonese kids learn Mandarin very easily.

[rivercao]

i think dengzi is different from yizi, dengzi is low and usually without handrails, yizi is the common one that is used in offices and libraries.

[dumdumdum]

凳子 without the back, a stool. 椅子 with back, a chair.

[Shi Tong]

You've also got 棉被 mián​bèi​ comforter / quilt.. just to add to the list.. that's a common problem- you'll find many words meaning the same thing, depending on where they're saying it!

[skylee]

you'll find many words meaning the same thing

which is why we have this thread -> Same thing, different names

[Guan Shan Bei]

blanket and quilt, "毯子 tan zi" and "被子 bei zi" are different things. you should search them in google and watch the picture for them.

"凳子 deng zi" sometimes means a low and small chair like this