坐[zuò]

动

1. sit

♦ 请~。 Please sit down.

♦ 请进来~~。 Please come in and sit for a while.

♦ 我愿意站着, 你~下吧。 I like to stand, you sit down.

♦ 他忽然~起来了。 He sat up suddenly.

2. travel by or on (any conveyance except those which one straddles)

♦ ~火车(公共汽车) ride on a train (bus)

♦ ~火车(公共汽车)去 go by train (bus)

♦ ~电梯上去 go up by lift

♦ 进来~~。 Come in and sit down for a while.

3. (of a building) have its back towards

♦ 这所房子~北朝南。 This house faces south.

4. put (a pan, pot, kettle, etc.) on a fire

♦ 把壶~上 put the kettle on (the fire)

5. (of a building) sink; subside

♦ 这个房子向后~了。 This house is beginning to slope backwards.

6. (of rifles, guns, etc.) recoil; kick back

♦ 坐力

7. bear; fruit

♦ 坐果

8. be punished

♦ 反坐