坐

To sit in Chinese: 坐 (zuò)

zuò

to sit

HSK 12 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to sit
  2. 2to take a seat
  3. 3to take (a bus, airplane etc)
  4. 4to bear fruit
  5. 5variant of 座

Stroke order

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坐

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄨㄛˋ

zuò

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

See 坐 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 请坐一下。

    qǐng zuò yí xià。

    Please sit down.

  • 坐井观天。

    zuò jǐng guān tiān。

    Sit in the well and look at the sky.

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Related words

乘坐

chéng zuò

to ride (in a vehicle)

请坐

qǐng zuò

please, have a seat

坐下

zuò xia

to sit down

坐落

zuò luò

to be situated

做

zuò

to make

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