坐
zuò
Pinyin

Definition

坐
 - 
zuò
  1. to sit
  2. to take a seat
  3. to take (a bus, airplane etc)
  4. to bear fruit
  5. variant of 座[zuò]
坐
 - 
Zuò
  1. surname Zuo

Character Decomposition

Compounds (9)

座
zuò
  1. 1 seat
  2. 2 base
  3. 3 stand
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects
挫
cuò
  1. 1 obstructed
  2. 2 to fail
  3. 3 to oppress
  4. 4 to repress
  5. 5 to lower the tone
  6. 6 to bend back
  7. 7 to dampen
唑
zuò
  1. 1 azole (chemistry)
锉
cuò
  1. 1 to file
锉
cuò
  1. 1 file (tool used for smoothing)
  2. 2 rasp
  3. 3 to file

Related Words (20)

坐
Zuò
  1. 1 surname Zuo
乘坐
chéng zuò
  1. 1 to ride (in a vehicle)
坐下
zuò xia
  1. 1 to sit down
坐立不安
zuò lì bù ān
  1. 1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
  2. 2 restless
  3. 3 fidgety
坐车
zuò chē
  1. 1 to take the car, bus, train etc

Idioms (19)

任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
坐不垂堂
zuò bù chuí táng
  1. 1 lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
坐井观天
zuò jǐng guān tiān
  1. 1 lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
坐享其成
zuò xiǎng qí chéng
  1. 1 to reap where one has not sown (idiom)
坐以待毙
zuò yǐ dài bì
  1. 1 to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate

Sample Sentences

啊，我坐错了。
a ，wǒ zuò cuò le 。
Oh, I took the wrong seat.
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停车坐爱枫林晚，
tíngchē zuò ài fēnglín wǎn ，
I stopped the carriage because I love the scenes of maple trees in deep autumn evenings
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下次再来坐坐。
xiàcì zài lái zuò zuò 。
Next time come and visit me again.
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不坐了，不坐了。
bù zuò le ，bù zuò le 。
I can't stay.
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不坐了？
bù zuò le ？
You can't stay?
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主位通常是主人或是地位比较高的人坐的位子。
zhǔwèi tōngcháng shì zhǔrén huòshì dìwèi bǐjiào gāo de rén zuò de wèizi 。
The main seat is usually occupied by either the host or someone of a higher position.
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您先坐。
nín xiān zuò 。
Please be seated first.
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那里有个空位，去坐吧。
nàli yǒu ge kōngwèi ，qù zuò ba 。
There is an empty seat, go take it.
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别担心，博爱座应该是优先给有需要的人，去坐吧。
bié dānxīn ，bóàizuò yīnggāi shì yōuxiān gěi yǒu xūyào de rén ，qù zuò ba 。
Don't worry, these priority seats should be given priority to those in need, go take the seat.
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要是你占我的坐，我占你的坐，大家都乱坐，车厢里该乱作一团了。
yàoshi nǐ zhàn wǒ de zuò ，wǒ zhàn nǐ de zuò ，dàjiā dōu luàn zuò ，chēxiāng lǐ gāi luànzuòyītuán le 。
If you take my seat and I take yours, everyone not seating according to assigned seats, there’ll be chaos in the train cabin.
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