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坐

zuò

HSK 1 Character

What 坐 means

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

Other readings

坐 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zuòsurname Zuo

Example sentences

• 坐这边
  Zuò zhèbiān
  Sit over here.
• 请坐。
  Sit down, please.
• 请坐！
  Please sit down!
• 随便坐。
  Sit wherever you like.
• 请坐下。
  Please sit down.
• 不坐了。
  No more sitting.

Words starting with 坐

• 坐下zuò xiato sit down
• 坐车zuò chēto take the car, bus, train etc
• 坐落zuò luòto be situated; to be located (of a building)
• 坐牢zuò láoto be imprisoned
• 坐定zuò dìngto be seated
• 坐标zuò biāo(geometry) coordinate; (fig.) point of reference; frame of reference; guidepost
• 坐好zuò hǎoto sit properly; to sit up straight
• 坐立不安zuò lì bù ānlit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom); restless; fidgety
• 坐姿zuò zīsitting posture
• 坐骑zuò qísaddle horse; mount
• 坐镇zuò zhèn(of a commanding officer) to keep watch; to oversee
• 坐椅zuò yǐseat; chair
• 坐垫zuò diàncushion; (motorbike) seat
• 坐等zuò děngto sit and wait; (fig.) to be passive; to sit back and wait for…
• 坐享zuò xiǎngto enjoy (the benefit of sth) without lifting a finger…
• 坐像zuò xiàngseated image (of a Buddha or saint)
• 坐化zuò huàto die in a seated posture (Buddhism)
• 坐商zuò shāngtradesman; shopkeeper
• 坐大zuò dà(derog.) to become powerful or influential
• 坐失zuò shīto let sth slip by; to miss an opportunity
• 坐实zuò shíto serve as evidence for (an accusation etc); to reinforce (a perception); to bear out…
• 坐席zuò xíseat (at a banquet); to attend a banquet
• 坐果zuò guǒto bear fruit
• 坐班zuò bānto work office hours; on duty

Words containing 坐

• 乘坐chéng zuòto take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
• 静坐jìng zuòto sit quietly; to meditate; to stage a sit-in
• 围坐wéi zuòto sit in a circle; seated around (a narrator)
• 端坐duān zuòto sit upright
• 请坐qǐng zuòplease, have a seat
• 打坐dǎ zuòto sit in meditation; to meditate
• 对坐duì zuòto sit facing each other
• 跌坐diē zuòto drop involuntarily into a seated position
• 正襟危坐zhèng jīn wēi zuòto sit upright and still (idiom)
• 席地而坐xí dì ér zuò(idiom) to sit on the ground or the floor
• 闲坐xián zuòto sit around; to sit idly
• 平起平坐píng qǐ píng zuòto be on an equal footing
• 并坐bìng zuòto sit together
• 反坐fǎn zuòto sentence the accuser (and free the falsely accused defendant)
• 后坐hòu zuòrecoil (of a firearm)
• 落坐luò zuòto sit down
• 软坐ruǎn zuòsoft seat (= first class in PRC trains)
• 连坐lián zuòto treat as guilty those associated with an offender (family, neighbors etc)
• 后坐力hòu zuò lìrecoil (of a gun); backlash; reactive force
• 极坐标jí zuò biāo(math) polar coordinates
• 连坐制lián zuò zhìguilt by association
• 内在坐标nèi zài zuò biāo(geometry) intrinsic coordinates
• 极坐标系jí zuò biāo xì(math) polar coordinate system
• 直角坐标zhí jiǎo zuò biāorectangular coordinates; Cartesian coordinates

Characters that look like 坐

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 快kuàirapid; quick; speed
• 录lùto carve wood
• 坚jiānstrong; solid; firm
• 圭guījade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility…
• 垄lǒngridge between fields; crop row; mounded soil forming a ridge in a field; grave mound
• 坴lùa clod of earth; land

Sounds the same

Read zuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 做to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
• 作to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 座seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation
• 唑azole (chemistry)
• 祚blessing; the throne
• 酢toast to host by guest
• 怍ashamed
• 胙to grant or bestow; sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old); blessing
• 阼steps leading to the eastern door
• 岝name of a mountain in Shandong
• 岞(used in place names); variant of 岝
• 葄straw cushion; pillow