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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)

坐骑
zuòqí
saddle horse
坐镇
zuòzhèn
(of a commanding officer) to keep watch
坐车
zuòchē
to take the car, bus, train etc
坐蜡
zuòlà
to be embarrassed
坐台
zuòtái
to work as a hostess in a bar or KTV
坐落
zuòluò
to be situated
坐药
zuòyào
suppository
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
连坐
liánzuò
to implicate and punish also the criminal's associates
软坐
ruǎnzuò
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)
跂坐
qìzuò
to sit with legs dangling
让坐
ràngzuò
to give up one's seat
静坐
jìngzuò
to sit quietly
坐像
zuòxiàng
seated image (of a Buddha or saint)
落坐
luòzuò
to sit down
坐力
zuòlì
see [[後坐力|后坐力<hòuzuòlì>]]

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