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就坐 (jiù zuò) — to take a seat, to be seated

Definition

verb
to take a seatto be seated

Examples

  • 就坐，。
    Qǐng dà jiā jiù zuò, huì yì mǎ shàng kāi shǐ.
    Please take your seats; the meeting will start soon.
  • ，就坐。
    Tā zǒu dào zì jǐ de wèi zhì qián, cóng róng dì jiù zuò.
    He walked to his seat and sat down calmly.
  • 就坐，。
    jiù zuò Hòu, qǐng guān bì shǒu jī.
    After being seated, please turn off your mobile phone.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

就jiùtake/approach
坐zuòsitting

就 brings the sense of taking or approaching, and 坐 gives the sitting, so the word means to take a seat.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

An older form paired 享, a temple, with 京, a tower, showing sacrifice at a high place; in 就 the temple part was dropped and a right part for going upward was added.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The form 坐 combines 留, 'to stay', and 土, 'ground'.

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