坐 zuò

1. zuò verb to sit
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Posture
   Notes: Especially, to sit cross-legged (Guoyu '坐' v 1; Rouzer 2007, p. 40; Unihan '坐')
2. zuò verb to ride
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Transportation
   Notes: A bus, airplane etc. 坐 is synonymous with 乘, in this sense (Guoyu '坐' v 4; Unihan '坐')
3. zuò verb to visit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '坐' v 8)
4. zuò noun a seat
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Variant of 座 (Guoyu '坐' n 1; Rouzer 2007, p. 40; Unihan '坐')
5. zuò verb to hold fast to; to stick to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 坐 is synonymous with 坚守, in this sense.
6. zuò verb to be in a position
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Especially of a building or other architectural structure to sit in a postion and face a certain direction (Guoyu '坐' v 3)
7. zuò preposition because; for
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   
8. zuò verb to convict; to try
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 坐 is synonymous with 定罪 in this sense (Guoyu '坐' v 6; Rouzer 2007, p. 40)
9. zuò verb to stay
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 坐 is synonymous with 居留 or 停留, in this sense (Guoyu '坐' v 3)
10. zuò verb to kneel
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '坐' v 2)
11. zuò verb to violate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 干犯 (Guoyu '坐' v 5)

Contained in

• 坐探 inside informer; mole; plant
• 坐厕(坐廁) seating toilet
• 让坐(讓坐) to give up one's seat; to be seated
• 任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台(任憑風浪起，穩坐釣魚臺) sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm; to stay calm during tense situation
• 坐药(坐藥) suppository
• 坐收渔利(坐收漁利) benefit from others' dispute
• 交脚坐(交腳坐) to sit with legs crossed
• 坐下 to sit down
• 坐落 to be situated; to be located
• 乘坐 to ride; to travel
• 打坐坡 (of a horse, dog etc) to sit back on one's haunches and refuse to be coaxed forward; (of a person) to brace oneself to resist being made to go forward
• 坐月子 to convalesce for a month following childbirth
• 坐蜡(坐蠟) to be embarrassed; to be put in a difficult situation
• 坐禅中将(坐禪中將) lieutenant-marshal
• 默坐 to sit silently
• 安坐静观(安坐靜觀) to sit quietly observing
• 坐以待毙(坐以待斃) to sit and wait for death; resigned to one's fate
• 坐贾(坐賈) to do business
• 平起平坐 to be on an equal footing
• 坐车(坐車) to take the car, bus, train etc
• 无后坐力炮(無後坐力炮) recoilless rifle
• 坐果 to bear fruit
• 搭坐 to travel by; to ride on
• 坐吃山空 just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth
• 坐断(坐斷) to completely cut off ; to occupy
• 坐罪 to be tried for a crime
• 反坐 to sentence the accuser (and free the falsely accused defendant)
• 坐商 tradesman; shopkeeper
• 箕坐 to sit spreadeagle
• 坐不安席 to sit but to not be able to relax
• 坐定 to be seated
• 坐姿 sitting posture
• 坐失良机(坐失良機) to sit and waste a good opportunity; to lose the chance
• 落坐 to sit down
• 坐镇(坐鎮) to keep watch; to oversee
• 后坐力(後坐力) recoil (of a gun); backlash; reactive force
• 连坐制(連坐制) guilt by association
• 坐而论道(坐而論道) to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice
• 坐标法(座標法) method of coordinates
• 家累千金，坐不垂堂 a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves; a rich man does not expose himself to danger
• 坐厕垫(坐廁墊) toilet seat
• 打坐 to do sitting meditation
• 垂足而坐 to sit with legs hanging down; to sit on a high chair
• 坐山观虎斗(坐山觀虎鬥) sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight
• 宥坐器 right hand vessel
• 坐好 to sit properly; to sit up straight
• 坐电梯(坐電梯) to take an elevator
• 坐失 to let something slip by; to miss an opportunity
• 软坐(軟坐) soft seat

Also contained in

静坐抗议 、 坐船

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 有司 第十七 17. The servant clearing the way The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 90
• 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 86
• 大射 第七 7. The great archery meet (state level) The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 86
• 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 70
• 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 64
• 《建元已來王子侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Nobles' Sons who became Marquises since the Jianyuan period Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 61
• 卷一百十三 志第六十六 禮十六 Volume 113 Treatises 66: Rites 16 History of Song 宋史 — count: 60
• 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 55
• 卷一百十四 志第六十七 禮十七 Volume 114 Treatises 67: Rites 17 History of Song 宋史 — count: 54
• 卷一百三十九 志第九十二 樂十四 Volume 139 Treatises 92: Music 14 History of Song 宋史 — count: 52

Collocations

• 坐奠 (坐奠) 夢坐奠於兩楹之間 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 79
• 坐取 (坐取) 退則坐取屨 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《玉藻》 The Jade-Bead Pendants of the Royal Cap — count: 43
• 坐祭 (坐祭) 舉爵則坐祭立飲 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《少儀》 Smaller Rules of Demeanour — count: 35
• 主人坐 (主人坐) 主人坐於東方 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites — count: 27
• 北面坐 (北面坐) 堂上北面坐飲之 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II — count: 26
• 侍坐 (侍坐) 樂王鮒侍坐於范宣子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 17
• 賔坐 (賔坐) 賔坐 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 15
• 南面坐 (南面坐) 南面坐 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 9
• 坐卒 (坐卒) 北面坐卒爵 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 7
• 坐委 (坐委) 坐委之 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《少儀》 Smaller Rules of Demeanour — count: 5