The old man was sitting on a bench with his eyes closed.
Mandarin
站在这个凳子上的话，你可以摸到衣柜顶。
站在這個凳子上的話，你可以摸到衣櫃頂。
zhàn zài zhè ge dèng zi shàng de huà ， nǐ kě yǐ mō dào yī guì dǐng 。
If you stand on this stool, you can reach the top of the closet.
Mandarin
猫在凳子上还是凳子下？
貓在凳子上還是凳子下？
māo zài dèng zi shàng hái shi dèng zi xià ？
Is the cat on or under the chair?
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
凳子
凳子
dèng zi
bench, stool
Mandarin
加以进了几回城，阿Q自然更自负，然而他又很鄙薄城里人，譬如用三尺三寸宽的木板做成的凳子，未庄人叫“长凳”，他也叫“长凳”，城里人却叫“条凳”，他想：这是错的，可笑！
加以進了幾回城，阿Q自然更自負，然而他又很鄙薄城裏人，譬如用三尺三寸寬的木板做成的凳子，未莊人叫“長凳”，他也叫“長凳”，城裏人卻叫“條凳”，他想：這是錯的，可笑！
jiā yǐ jìn le jǐ huí chéng ， ā guì zì rán gèng zì fù ， ｒáｎéｒ tā yòu hěn bǐ bó chéng lǐ rén ， pì rú yòng sān chǐ sān cùn kuān de mù bǎn zuò chéng de dèng zǐ ， wèi zhuāng rén jiào “ cháng dèng ” ， tā yě jiào “ cháng dèng ” ， chéng lǐ rén què jiào “ tiáo dèng ” ， tā xiǎng ： zhè shì cuò de ， kě xiào ！
Moreover, after Ah Q had been to town several times, he naturally became even more conceited, although at the same time he had the greatest contempt for townspeople. For instance, a bench made of a wooden plank three feet by three inches the Weichuang villagers called a "long bench." Ah Q called it a "long bench" too; but the townspeople called it a "straight bench," and he thought, "This is wrong. How ridiculous!"
Mandarin
中午去上自习，凳子还没有坐热就开始关门了（昨天都没有关），害我没有地方去，只有来网吧小坐一下。
中午去上自習，凳子還沒有坐熱就開始關門了（昨天都沒有關），害我沒有地方去，只有來網吧小坐一下。
zhōng wǔ qù shàng zì xí ， dèng zǐ hái méi yǒu zuò rè jiù kāi shǐ guān mén le （ zuó tiān dōu méi yǒu guān ） ， hài wǒ méi yǒu dì fāng qù ， zhǐ yǒu lái wǎng ba xiǎo zuò yī xià ．
At lunchtime, I went to study my lessons, but the bench had not even gotten cold before they started to close (yesterday they did not close at all). I had no place to go. The only thing to do was to come to an internet cafe and sit for a while.