坐 zuò
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 从 from, by, since, whence, through 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
坐下
zuòxia
to sit down
Characters in this word
下 xià
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- 一 one 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 请大家坐下。 Qǐng dàjiā zuòxia. Please sit down, everyone.
- 他坐下了。 Tā zuòxia le. He sat down.
- 你们坐下吧。 Nǐmen zuòxia ba. Sit down, all of you.
Related words
- 请坐 qǐngzuò please sit down
- 坐 zuò to sit; to travel by
- 楼下 lóuxià downstairs
- 下 xià down, below; to go down; to finish (work or class)
- 下班 xiàbān to finish work
- 下边 xiàbian below, underneath
- 下车 xiàchē to get off (a bus or car)
- 下次 xiàcì next time
- 下课 xiàkè to finish class
- 下午 xiàwǔ afternoon
- 下雨 xiàyǔ to rain
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)