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座

zuò

HSK 4 Character

What 座 means

1. seat
2. base; stand
3. bound formconstellation
4. archaicsuffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. {师座|shī zuò})
5. classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc

Example sentences

• 请用座。
  Please sit.
• 那座桥不长。
  That bridge isn't long.
• 那是一座塔。
  That's a tower.
• 那是座教堂。
  That's a church.
• 还剩座位吗？
  Are any seats still available?
• 那是仙后座。
  That's Cassiopeia.

Words starting with 座

• 座位zuò wèiseat
• 座右铭zuò yòu míngmotto; maxim
• 座谈会zuò tán huìconference; symposium; rap session
• 座椅zuò yǐseat
• 座谈zuò tánto have an informal discussion
• 座无虚席zuò wú xū xílit. a banquet with no empty seats; full house; capacity crowd
• 座机zuò jīfixed-line phone; landline; private plane
• 座钟zuò zhōngdesk clock
• 座儿zuò rrickshaw seat (Beijing dialect); patron (of teahouse, cinema)…
• 座子zuò zipedestal; plinth; saddle
• 座席zuò xíseat (at banquet); by ext. guest of honor
• 座次zuò cìseating arrangement; position in a seating arrangement
• 座号zuò hàoseat number
• 座车zuò chē(railway) carriage
• 座上客zuò shàng kèguest of honor
• 座头市Zuò tóu ShìZatoichi
• 座生水母zuò shēng shuǐ mǔsessile medusa; sea anemone
• 座堂zuò tángcathedral
• 座上宾zuò shàng bīndistinguished guest; honored guest
• 座标轴zuò biāo zhóucoordinate axis
• 座驾zuò jiàone's own car (or motorbike); vehicle for one's private use
• 座椅套子zuò yǐ tào ziseat cover
• 座舱zuò cāngcockpit; cabin
• 座垫zuò diànsaddle (of a bicycle); seat (of a car or bike); chair cushion

Words containing 座

• 讲座jiǎng zuòcourse of lectures; lecture series; chair (academic position)
• 星座xīng zuòconstellation; astrological sign
• 在座zài zuòto be present
• 后座hòu zuòempress's throne; (fig.) first place in a women's competition
• 宝座bǎo zuòthrone
• 插座chā zuòsocket; outlet
• 让座ràng zuòto give up one's seat for sb
• 落座luò zuòto sit down; to take a seat
• 入座rù zuòto take one's seat
• 狮子座Shī zi zuòLeo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
• 金牛座Jīn niú zuòTaurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
• 邻座lín zuòadjacent seat; the person in an adjacent seat
• 王座wáng zuòthrone
• 茶座chá zuòteahouse; tea-stall with seats; tea-garden or teahouse seat
• 硬座yìng zuòhard seat (on trains or boats)
• 天秤座Tiān chèng zuòLibra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
• 就座jiù zuòto take a seat
• 银座Yín zuòGinza (district in Tokyo)
• 对号入座duì hào rù zuòto take one's seat according to the ticket number; (fig.) to put (things or people) in…
• 底座dǐ zuòbase; pedestal; foundation
• 客座教授kè zuò jiào shòuvisiting professor; guest professor
• 满座mǎn zuòfully booked; every seat taken
• 上座shàng zuòseat of honor (at a banquet, meeting etc); (Buddhism) senior monk's seat or title
• 卖座mài zuò(of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers; popular with the paying public…

Characters built on 坐

These share the phonetic component 坐 (zuò), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 挫cuòobstructed; to fail; to oppress
• 痤cuóacne
• 唑zuòazole (chemistry)
• 锉cuò(literary) to fracture (a bone); (literary) to cut; to hack
• 矬cuóshort; dwarfish
• 脞cuǒchopped meat; trifles

Characters that look like 座

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

• 康kānghealthy; peaceful; abundant
• 麻máhemp (variant of 麻
• 唐tángto exaggerate; empty; in vain
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 痉jìngspasm
• 痍yíbruise; sores

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)
• 坐to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc)
• 作to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 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