How to say 坐

  • Traditional characters: 坐
  • Pinyin (Taiwan standard): zuò
  • Zhuyin (bopomofo): ㄗㄨㄛˋ
  • Meaning: to sit

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坐 in example sentences

Real lines from CiaoSpeak’s graded stories, each with pinyin, an English translation and Taiwan-accent audio.

花蓮比較遠，坐火車要三個小時。

Huā lián bǐ jiào yuǎn zuò huǒ chē yào sān ge xiǎo shí

Hualien's farther. Three hours by train.

From the story 台南還是花蓮？ (Tainan or Hualien?)

台南坐高鐵才一個半小時，可是高鐵票很貴。

Tái nán zuò gāo tiě cái yí ge bàn xiǎo shí kě shì gāo tiě piào hěn guì

Tainan's only an hour and a half on the high-speed rail — but those tickets are pricey.

From the story 台南還是花蓮？ (Tainan or Hualien?)

台北捷運很方便，我每天坐捷運上班。

Táiběi jiéyùn hěn fāng biàn wǒ měi tiān zuò jié yùn shàng bān

The Taipei MRT is convenient — I take it to work every day.

From the story 捷運上不能喝 (No Drinking on the MRT)

阿公坐在竹椅上，跟孫子說了一個很久以前的故事。

ā gōng zuò zài zhú yǐ shàng gēn sūn zi shuō le yí gè hěn jiǔ yǐ qián de gùshi

Grandpa sat in his bamboo chair and told his grandson a story from long, long ago.

From the story 守株待兔 (Guarding a Tree Stump, Waiting for a Rabbit)

從那天起，農夫每天坐在樹樁旁邊等兔子，田裡的菜長得亂七八糟，卻再也沒有兔子跑過來了。

cóng nà tiān qǐ nóngfū měitiān zuò zài shùzhuāng pángbiān děng tùzi tián lǐ de cài zhǎng de luàn qī bā zāo què zài yě méiyǒu tùzi pǎo guòlái le

From that day on, the farmer sat by the stump every day waiting for a rabbit — his field's vegetables grew into a total mess, but no rabbit ever came running again.

From the story 守株待兔 (Guarding a Tree Stump, Waiting for a Rabbit)

Where 坐 is taught

  • Unit level: TOCFL Novice 1 (CiaoSpeak’s placement, not the official TOCFL word list)
  • Unit: Everyday Words
  • Lesson: Simple Actions
  • Taught just before: 跳
  • Taught just after: 站