坐 zuò — to sit, to take a seat

Meanings

1. 1

   to sit, to take a seat

   To sit down or to be seated. 请坐 is the standard invitation to take a seat, heard in homes, shops and offices alike.

   verb
2. 2

   to travel by (a vehicle)

   verb

   Chinese says you sit in a vehicle rather than take it: 坐出租车, 坐飞机. Only 开 is used for driving one yourself.

Character breakdown

• 坐

  zuò (fourth tone, falling)

  to sit, to be seated; to travel by (a vehicle); (of a building) to face a direction

  7 strokes⿱从土Radical 土

Example sentences

• 请坐，喝杯茶。/請坐，喝杯茶。Qǐng (third tone, dipping) zuò, (fourth tone, falling) hē (first tone, high and level) bēi (first tone, high and level) chá. (second tone, rising)···

  Do sit down and have some tea.

• 我们坐出租车回家。/我們坐出租車回家。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) zuò (fourth tone, falling) chūzūchē (first tone, high and level) huí (second tone, rising) jiā. (first tone, high and level)···

  We’re taking a taxi home.

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