座 (zuò): seat
座 (zuò) is a Chinese character meaning “seat.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 广 (structural) and 坐 (structural). It ranks #812 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 座 a wide 广 seat 坐; 坐 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 广 (shelter) appears in many related characters such as 床 (chuáng, bed), 店 (diàn, shop), 广 (guǎng, wide, broad).
Definitions
- seat
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA wide 广 seat 坐; 坐 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿸广坐 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 座
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 后座noun | hòu zuò | empress's throne |
| 在座verb | zài zuò | to be present |
| 星座noun | xīng zuò | constellation |
| 猎户座proper-noun | liè hù zuò | Orion (constellation) |
| 座椅noun | zuò yǐ | seat |
| 座右铭noun | zuò yòu míng | motto |
| 就座verb | jiù zuò | to take a seat |
| 宝座noun | bǎo zuò | throne |
| 座机noun | zuò jī | fixed-line phone |
| 入座verb | rù zuò | to take one's seat |
| 座谈会noun | zuò tán huì | conference |
| 卖座adjective | mài zuò | (of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers |
| 底座noun | dǐ zuò | base |
| 银座proper-noun | yín zuò | Ginza (district in Tokyo) |
| 狮子座noun | shī zi zuò | Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac) |
座 appears in 100 compound words: 20 as the first character, 75 as the last, and 5 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 座 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
guests filled all the seats (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
Example Sentences
这座大楼有五十层，是这一带最高的建筑。
Zhè zuò dàlóu yǒu wǔshí céng, shì zhè yí dài zuì gāo de jiànzhù.
This building has fifty floors and is the tallest building in the area.
买刮刮乐停不下来?4星座“赌性超强” 牡羊先冲再说是本能
mǎi guā guā lè tíng bù xià lái ? 4 xīng zuò dǔ xìng chāo qiáng mǔ yáng xiān chōng zài shuō shì běn néng
Can't stop buying scratch cards? 4 constellations are "super gambling" Aries rushes first and then instinctively
...主办APAIE年会开幕 约130场会议讲座料吸引逾3000业界翘楚
. . . zhǔ bàn A P A I E nián huì kāi mù yuē 1 3 0 chǎng huì yì jiǎng zuò liào xī yǐn yú 3 0 0 0 yè jiè qiáo chǔ
... Hosting the opening of the APAIE Annual Conference Approximately 130 conferences and lectures are expected to attract more than 3,000 industry leaders
新春走基层丨从前有座山,山里有座站,站里来了个“0..
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng 丨 cóng qián yǒu zuò shān , shān lǐ yǒu zuò zhàn , zhàn lǐ lái le gè 0 . .
New Year's walk to the grassroots丨Once upon a time, there was a mountain, there was a station in the mountain, and there was a "0..
美国这座机场要改名“唐纳德·特朗普国际机场”
měi guó zhè zuò jī chǎng yāo gǎi míng táng nà dé tè lǎng pǔ guó jì jī chǎng
The airport in the United States will be renamed "Donald Trump International Airport"
永定河山峡段4座梯级水电站累计发电破100亿千瓦时
yǒng dìng hé shān xiá duàn zuò tī jí shuǐ diàn zhàn lěi jì fā diàn pò yì qiān wǎ shí
Cumulative power generation from the four cascade hydropower stations along the mountainous section of the Yongding River surpasses 10 billion kilowatt-hours.
那座大厦天台的景色很美的，想去看看嗎？
Nà zuò dàshà tiāntái de jǐngsè hěn měi de, xiǎng qù kànkan ma?
There's a great view from the rooftop of that building. Want to go see?
你以前住的是哪一座房子？
Nǐ yǐqián zhù de shì nǎ yī zuò fángzi?
Which house did you live in?
你知道那座电视塔有多高吗？
Nǐ zhīdào nà zuò diànshìtǎ yǒu duō gāo ma?
Do you know how high the television tower is?
您愿意跟我换座位吗？
Nín yuànyì gēn wǒ huàn zuòwèi ma?
Will you switch seats with me?
Character Family
广 Radical Family — Characters sharing the shelter radical
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