坐
下

To sit down in Chinese: 坐下 (zuò xia)

zuò xia

to sit down

HSK 3.0 Level 11 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to sit down

Stroke order

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坐
下

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄨㄛˋ

zuò

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄒㄧㄚ

xia

˙/ neutral toneㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ a

Example sentences

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  • 他坐下来看书。

    tā zuò xia lái kàn shū。

    He sat down to read a book.

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Related words

下

xià

down

坐

zuò

to sit

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

下雨

xià yǔ

to rain

乘坐

chéng zuò

to ride (in a vehicle)

下载

xià zǎi

to download

楼下

lóu xià

downstairs

请坐

qǐng zuò

please, have a seat

下班

xià bān

to finish work

下边

xià bian

under

下车

xià chē

to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)

下次

xià cì

next time

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