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坐

zuò

to sit

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Meaning of 坐 in English

zuòHSK 1verbSyllabus #298
  1. to sit
  2. to take a seat
  3. to take (a bus, airplane etc)
  4. to bear fruit
  5. seat
  6. base; stand
  7. (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1 zuo4])
  8. classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc

Example sentences

  1. 我想你坐到我的座位了。
    wǒ xiǎng nǐ zuò dào wǒ de zuò wèi le。
    I think you're sitting in my seat.
    Tatoeba #876705 by Martha · #50899 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 汤姆还在等候室里坐着。
    tāng mǔ hái zài děng hòu shì lǐ zuò zhe。
    Tom is still sitting in the waiting room.
    Tatoeba #5863305 by verdastelo9604 · #3223149 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 这个椅子坐着不舒服。
    zhè ge yǐ zi zuò zhe bù shū fú。
    This chair is uncomfortable.
    Tatoeba #8815377 by crescat · #2268904 by _undertoad · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 坐

乘坐HSK 4坐落HSK 7–9

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