坐 zuò
verb
: to sit; to travel by; to bear fruit
坐り OR 座り | すわり suwari
noun
: sitting
: stability
坐る OR 座る | すわる suwaru
Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to sit; to squat
: to assume (a position)
: to hold steady; to hold still
坐する OR 座する | ざする zasuru
Suru verb – special class | intransitive verb
: to sit; to squat
: to be implicated
座す | ざす zasu
Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to sit; to squat
: to be implicated
座 | ざ za
noun
: seat; place; position
: status
: gathering; group
: stand; pedestal; platform
: (historical) trade guild;
: (Suffix) attaches to the names of theaters, theatrical troupes, and constellations
: counter for theaters, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs
坐班 zuo4ban1: to work office hours; on duty
坐牢 zuo4lao2: to be imprisoned
坐[鎮]镇 zuo4zhen4: (of a commanding officer) to keep watch; to oversee
坐下 zuo4xia: to sit down
坐禅 zuo4chan2: to sit in meditation
[ざぜん zazen: seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position]
坐落 zuo4luo4: to be situated; to be located (of a building)
乘坐 cheng2zuo4: to ride (in a vehicle)
並[并]坐 bing4zuo4: to sit together
反坐 fan3zuo4: to sentence the accuser (and free the falsely accused defendant)
圍[围]坐 wei2zuo4: to sit in a circle; seated around (a narrator)
後[后]坐 huo4zuo4: recoil (of a gun); backlash
Japanese expression
胡坐をかく | あぐらをかく agura o kaku
: to sit cross-legged
: to rest on one’s laurels
Chinese idiom
坐立不安 zuo4 li4 bu4 an1
lit. agitated sitting or standing: restless; fidgety
任憑風浪起，穩坐釣魚臺 [任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台]
ren4 ping2 feng1 lang4 qi3 , wen3 zuo4 diao4 yu2 tai2
: lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms: to stay calm during tense situation; a cool head in a crisis
行不更名，坐不改姓 xing2 bu4 geng1 ming2 , zuo4 bu4 gai3 xing4
: I am who I am (and I’m not ashamed): fig. to be proud of one’s name and stand by one’s actions
会意 Associative Compound .
Two persons 人 (ren2: man) sitting on
the ground 土 (tu3: soil; earth)
Historical / Specialized Semantic / Japanese Variant: 座
Examples:
來。坐我旁邊。
lai2. zuo4 wo3 pang2bian1.
Come. Sit next to me.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
