Hanzi

坐

to sit/to take a seat/to take (a bus, airplane etc)/to bear fruit/variant of 座[zuo4]

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 1

Pinyin

zuò

Bopomofo

ㄗㄨㄛˋ

Jyutping

co5

Example sentences

坐 zuò
請坐，喝杯熱茶吧。
请坐，喝杯热茶吧。

Please sit down and have a cup of hot tea.

北 běi
這座房子坐北朝南。
这座房子坐北朝南。

This house faces south (literally: sits north facing south).

乘坐 chéngzuò
乘坐公共交通工具既環保又省錢。
乘坐公共交通工具既环保又省钱。

Taking public transportation is both environmentally friendly and economical.

坐下 zuòxià
他太累了，所以一坐下就睡著了。

He was so tired that he fell asleep as soon as he sat down.

挨著 / 挨着 āizhe
孩子挨着媽媽坐下。
孩子挨着妈妈坐下。

The child sat next to his mother.

Example Vocabulary

坐

zuo4

to sit; to take (transport)

乘坐

cheng2'zuo4

to ride; to take (a vehicle)

坐下

zuo4'xia4

to sit down

坐立不安

zuo4'li4'bu4'an1

坐車

zuo4'che1

圍坐

坐井觀天

zuo4'jing3'guan1'tian1

坐享其成

zuo4'xiang3'qi2'cheng2

坐以待斃

zuo4'yi3'dai4'bi4

坐像

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