Chinese Word: 坐 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

坐HSK 1

Pinyin: zuò

English Definition: to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; variant of 座

Chinese Definition:
①古人双膝跪地，把臀部靠在脚后跟上，这是其本义，后泛指以臀部着物而止息：席地而坐。坐待。坐垫。坐骨。坐化(佛教指和尚盘膝坐着死去)。坐禅。坐功。坐骑。
②乘，搭：坐车。坐船。
③坚守，引申为常驻，不动：“楚人坐其北门，而覆诸山下”。坐庄。
④建筑物的位置或背对着某一方向：坐落。坐北朝南。
⑤把锅、壶等放在火上：坐锅。
⑥物体向后施压力：房顶往后坐。
⑦介词，因，由于，为着：“停车坐爱枫林晚，霜叶红于二月花”。
⑧副词(ａ．空，徒然，如“胡为坐自苦，吞悲仍抚膺”；b．无故，自然而然，如“如若此，则盐必坐长十倍”；c．遂，即将，如“寒英坐销落，何用慰远客”；d．深，如“感此伤妾心，坐愁红颜老”；e．正，恰好，如“西村渡口人烟晚，坐见渔舟两两归”)。
⑨定罪：连坐。反坐。坐赃(犯贪脏罪)。
⑩瓜果等植物结实：坐瓜。坐果。
⑾同“座”。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 土

Ideographic: Two people 从 sitting on the ground 土

Character Formation:

⿻ Overlaid
- 从 [ cóng ] from, by, since, whence, through
- 土 [ tǔ ] soil, earth; items made of earth

Similar Characters: 土

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Example Words

乘坐	chéng zuò	to ride (in a vehicle)	HSK 4
坐落	zuò luò	to be situated; to be located (of a building)
坐标	zuò biāo	coordinate (geometry)
坐镇	zuò zhèn	(of a commanding officer) to keep watch; to oversee
端坐	duān zuò	to sit upright

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Example Sentences

1		nín 您 qǐng zuò 请坐。 Please have a seat.
2		qǐng 请 zuò xia 坐下。 Please take a seat.
3		zuò huǒ chē 坐火车 hěn lèi 很累。 Traveling by train is tiring.
4		qǐng 请 jìn lái 进来 zuò ba 坐吧。 Please come in and have a seat.
5		qǐng 请 zuò xia 坐下 hē chá 喝茶。 Please sit down and have some tea.

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1		nín 您 qǐng zuò 请坐。 Please have a seat.
2		qǐng 请 zuò xia 坐下。 Please take a seat.
3		zuò huǒ chē 坐火车 hěn lèi 很累。 Traveling by train is tiring.
4		qǐng 请 jìn lái 进来 zuò ba 坐吧。 Please come in and have a seat.
5		qǐng 请 zuò xia 坐下 hē chá 喝茶。 Please sit down and have some tea.

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