坐 zuò
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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') -
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') -
zuò
verb
to visit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '坐' v 8) -
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') -
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. -
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) -
zuò
preposition
because; for
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
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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) -
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) -
zuò
verb
to kneel
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '坐' v 2) -
zuò
verb
to violate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 干犯 (Guoyu '坐' v 5)
Contained in
- 促坐 to sit close together
- 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
- 坐蜡(坐蠟) to be embarrassed; to be put in a difficult situation
- 仰卧起坐(仰臥起坐) sit-up; curl-up
- 坐罪 to be tried for a crime
- 静坐(靜坐) to meditate in a sitting position
- 坐骨神经(坐骨神經) sciatic nerve
- 坐便器 pedestal type WC
- 坐落 to be situated; to be located
- 全跏坐 crossed leg posture
- 坐商 tradesman; shopkeeper
- 坐标系(座標系) coordinate system
- 软坐(軟坐) soft seat
- 箕坐 to sit spreadeagle
- 坐墩 a Chinese drum-shaped stool
- 坐力 recoil (of a gun); backlash; reactive force
- 坐立难安(坐立難安) unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc)
- 默坐 to sit silently
- 坐失良机(坐失良機) to sit and waste a good opportunity; to lose the chance
- 坐镇(坐鎮) to keep watch; to oversee
- 坐享其成 to reap where one has not sown
- 坐井观天(坐井觀天) to view the sky from the bottom of a well
- 坐药(坐藥) suppository
- 一茶一坐 Chamate
- 坐骨神经痛(坐骨神經痛) sciatica
- 笛卡儿坐标制(笛卡兒座標制) Cartesian coordinate system
- 坐而论道(坐而論道) to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice
- 坐享 to enjoy something without lifting a finger
- 极坐标系(極座標系) system of polar coordinates
- 无后坐力炮(無後坐力炮) recoilless rifle
- 趺坐 to sit in the lotus position
- 垂足而坐 to sit with legs hanging down; to sit on a high chair
- 安坐静观(安坐靜觀) to sit quietly observing
- 坐探 inside informer; mole; plant
- 稳坐钓鱼台(穩坐釣魚臺) sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms; to stay calm during tense situation
- 坐以待毙(坐以待斃) to sit and wait for death; resigned to one's fate
- 横坐标(橫座標) horizontal coordinate; abscissa
- 行不更名,坐不改姓 I am who I am (and I'm not ashamed) / to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions
- 坐席 to attend a banquet ; a seat
- 坐禅(坐禪) to meditate
- 如坐针毡(如坐針氈) as if sitting on pins and needles; to be in an uncomfortable situation
- 坐下 to sit down
- 静坐不能(靜坐不能) akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug); unable to sit still; hyperactivity
- 正襟危坐 to sit upright and still
- 坐观成败(坐觀成敗) to sit and await success or failure; to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides
- 坐姿 sitting posture
- 满坐寂然(滿坐寂然) the whole audience silent with expectation
- 席地而坐(蓆地而坐) to sit on the floor
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 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: 34
- 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: 30
- 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: 23
- 坐祭 (坐祭) 舉爵則坐祭立飲 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《少儀》 Smaller Rules of Demeanour — count: 22
- 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: 10
- 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: 5
- 坐委 (坐委) 坐委之 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《少儀》 Smaller Rules of Demeanour — count: 5