座 - zuò - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 4 - Medium
10 strokes
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座

zuò

Definition

seat
她爬上了驾驶座。

She climbed in to the driver's seat.
measure word (for bridges, buildings, mountains and other immovable objects)
一座桥

A bridge

几座小山

Several hills
classifier (for bridges, buildings, mountains and similar immovable objetcs)
两座塔

Two pagodas

Character Decomposition

Related words (64)

seat; place

rickshaw seat (Beijing dialect); patron (of teahouse, cinema); passenger (in taxi, rickshaw etc)

seat number

pedestal; plinth; saddle

座席

zuò xí

seat (at banquet); by ext. guest of honor

座机

zuò jī

fixed phone; private plane

see 坐标

seat

cockpit; cabin

to be situated; located at (of building); also written 坐落

座谈

zuò tán

to have an informal discussion

(railway) carriage

desk clock

guest of honor

motto; maxim

humpback whale

coordinate axis

conference; symposium; rap session

座无虚席

zuò wú xū xí

(lit.) a banquet with no empty seats; full house; capacity crowd; standing room only

seat cover

sessile medusa; sea anemone

seat of honor

to use as a venue (e.g. use {a restaurant} as the venue {for a farewell party})

入座

rù zuò

to seat (sb in a restaurant etc); to take one's seat

卖座

mài zuò

(of a movie, show etc) to attract large audiences

pedestal

empress's throne; (fig.) first place in a feminine competition; back seat; pillion

to be present

underlay; foundation; pedestal

头座

tóu zuò

headstock; turning head of a screw, drill, lathe etc

throne

base; pedestal; foundation

socket; outlet

abutment

single seat (in theater); irregular passenger (in rickshaw)

星座

xīng zuò

constellation; astrological sign

末座

mò zuò

end seat; final place (for less senior person)

楼座

lóu zuò

gallery seat (in theater)

满座

mǎn zuò

fully booked; every seat taken

throne

tee (golf)

hard seat (on trains or boats)

碑座

bēi zuò

pedestal for stone tablet

管座

guǎn zuò

to mount an electronic valve; to plug in a bulb

茶座

chá zuò

teahouse; tea-stall with seats; tea-garden or teahouse seat

落座

luò zuò

to sit down; to take a seat

让座

ràng zuò

to give up one's seat for sb

讲座

jiǎng zuò

(a) course of lectures; series of lectures; lecture; course; lesson(s)

软座

ruǎn zuò

soft seat (on trains or boats)

邻座

lín zuò

person in next seat; adjacent seat; neighbor

雅座

yǎ zuò

comfortable room in a restaurant

倒座儿

dào zuò r

the north-facing room opposite the master's in a siheyuan 四合院

博爱座

bó ài zuò

priority seat (on a bus etc) (Tw)

定座率

dìng zuò lǜ

occupancy (i.e. proportion of seats occupied)

机头座

jī tóu zuò

headstock; turning head of a screw, drill, lathe etc

economy seat

the twelve constellations on the ecliptic plane; the signs of the zodiac

客座教授

kè zuò jiào shòu

visiting professor; guest professor

对号入座

duì hào rù zuò

to take one's seat according to the ticket number; (fig.) to put (things or people) in their right place; to take a general comment as a personal attack; to take a criticism for oneself

ejection seat

ejection capsule (cabin)

星座运势

xīng zuò yùn shì

(Western-style) horoscope

电源插座

diàn yuán chā zuò

electric socket; power point