IDENTITY
坐zuòto sit; to take (transport)
HSK 1Top 250
CORE MEANING
to sit; to take (transport)
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to sitHSK1
- 2.to take (a vehicle)HSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 土earth radical (tǔ)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- overlay compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿻土从
- two people
- the ground
USAGE
Common words
坐下zuòxiato sit down
坐车zuòchēto take a vehicle
Graded examples
请坐，喝杯茶。Qǐng zuò, hē bēi chá.HSK2
Please sit down and have some tea.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
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LEARNING
Memory aid
Two people (从) resting on the ground (土) — sitting.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #250
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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