坐

zuò

sit; seat; ride, travel by

How to write 坐, stroke by stroke

surname Zuo; to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; variant of 座

Ideographic: Two people 从 sitting on the ground 土

Made of 从 + 土

坐下zuò xiato sit down
坐牢zuò láoto be imprisoned
乘坐chéng zuòto take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
坐标zuò biāocoordinate (geometry)
坐车zuò chēto take the car, bus, train etc
坐好zuò hǎoto sit properly; to sit up straight
坐等zuò děngto sit and wait; (fig.) to be passive; to sit back and wait for (success, an opportunity etc)
坐落zuò luòto be situated; to be located (of a building)
坐垫zuò diàncushion; (motorbike) seat
坐骑zuò qísaddle horse; mount
静坐jìng zuòto sit quietly; to meditate; to stage a sit-in
坐电梯zuò diàn tīto take an elevator

你是不是想坐下？
nǐ shì bu shì xiǎng zuò xià ？
Do you want to sit down?
他们坐车去车站。
tā men zuò chē qù chē zhàn 。
They went to the station by car.
你要做的只是坐在这儿。
nǐ yào zuò de zhǐ shì zuò zài zhè ér 。
You have only to sit here.
在9号站台乘坐快车。
zài 9 hào zhàn tái chéng zuò kuài chē 。
Take the express train from platform 9.
我的父亲坐飞机环游了世界。
wǒ de fù qīn zuò fēi jī huán yóu le shì jiè 。
My father traveled all over the world by air.