坐
HSK 1freq #435
Meanings
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- 1.surname Zuo
- 1.to sit
- 2.to take a seat
- 3.to take (a bus, airplane etc)
- 4.to bear fruit
- 5.variant of 座[zuò]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to sit; to take a seat
- 2.to go by; to travel by; to ride
- 3.to bear fruit
- 4.because of; on the ground of
- 5.to be in charge of; to manage
- 6.to uphold; to fight until the end without giving up
- 7.to be convicted (of a crime)
- 8.seat (Classifier: 個／个 m)
- 9.stand; base (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
- 10.Classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects.
- 11.room number in a residential building
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 留 (“to stay”) + 土 (“ground”). Sino-Tibetan; cognate with Tangut 𗶠 (*dzu̱², “to sit”), Japhug amdzɯ (“to sit”) (Jacques, 2014; Zhang, Jacques, and Lai, 2019).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
请坐。
Please take your seat.
请坐。
Sit down.
随便坐。
Sit down anywhere you want.
随便坐。
Sit wherever you like.
请坐一下。
Please sit down.
坐我旁边。
Sit beside me.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Related words
坐下 to sit down乘坐 to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)坐落 to be situated请坐 please, have a seat盘坐 to sit cross-legged (as in the lotus position)围坐 to sit in a circle骑坐 to sit astride坐庄 (gambling) to be the banker or dealer坐骨 ischium坐月 see 坐月子[zuò yuè zi]坐姿 sitting posture静坐 to sit quietly