1. Home
  2. HSK 1
  3. Come and go

坐下

zuòxia

to sit down

HSK 1 · Topic “Come and go” Result & directionEveryday verbs
to sit down
Memory picture

Characters in this word

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

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.
  • 请坐下看书。 Qǐng zuòxia kànshū. Please sit down and read a book.
  • 老师叫我坐下。 Lǎoshī jiào wǒ zuòxia. The teacher told me to sit down.
  • 你怎么不坐下? Nǐ zěnme bú zuòxia? Why don't you sit down?
  • 小王坐下喝水。 Xiǎo Wáng zuòxia hē shuǐ. Xiao Wang sat down to drink water.
  • 妈妈累了,坐下休息吧。 Māma lèi le, zuòxia xiūxi ba. Mom, you're tired — sit down and rest.
  • 谁还没坐下? Shéi hái méi zuòxia? Who hasn't sat down yet?
  • 李月坐下听歌。 Lǐ Yuè zuòxia tīng gē. Li Yue sat down to listen to music.

Related words

All HSK 1 words →