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坐
Zuò
1. surname Zuo
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 7 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

坐
zuò
seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by
HSK 1 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

并坐
bìngzuò
to sit together
乘坐
chéngzuò
to ride (in a vehicle)
HSK 4
反坐
fǎnzuò
to sentence the accuser (and free the falsely accused defendant)
围坐
wéizuò
to sit in a circle
坐禅
zuòchán
sit in meditation
请坐
qǐngzuò
please sit
坐下
zuòxia
to sit down
坐像
zuòxiàng
seated image (of a Buddha or saint)
坐力
zuòlì
see [[後坐力|后坐力<hòuzuòlì>]]
坐化
zuòhuà
to die in a seated posture (Buddhism)
坐商
zuòshāng
tradesman
坐坡
zuòpō
kick-back
坐垫
zuòdiàn
cushion
坐墩
zuòdūn
Chinese drum-shaped stool
坐失
zuòshī
to let sth slip by
坐好
zuòhǎo
to sit properly
坐定
zuòdìng
to be seated
坐厕
zuòcè
seating toilet
坐探
zuòtàn
inside informer
坐月
zuòyuè
see [[坐月子<zuòyuèzi>]]

Example Sentences (1)

我能坐这儿吗?
Wǒ néng zuò zhèr ma?
Can I sit here?
Text 3

Alternate Entries

坐
zuò
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of [[座<zuò>]]
HSK 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
610
Word Frequency Rank
537 of 84,292

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