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静坐 (jìng zuò) — to sit quietly (as a meditative or therapeutic practice); to stage a sit-in (as a form of protest)

Definition

Two unrelated senses: one is a meditative/therapeutic practice of sitting still to calm the mind (sometimes called 冥想); the other is staging a sit-in protest.

verb
to sit quietly (as a meditative or therapeutic practice)to stage a sit-in (as a form of protest)

Examples

  • 静坐，。
    Tā měi tiān zǎo chén dōu huì jìng zuò bàn xiǎo shí, fàng sōng shēn xīn.
    She sits quietly for half an hour every morning to relax her body and mind.
  • 静坐。
    Gōng rén men tōng guò jìng zuò lái kàng yì gōng zī tài dī.
    The workers staged a sit-in to protest that the wages were too low.
  • 静坐。
    Zhè zhǒng jìng zuò liáo fǎ duì huǎn jiě jiāo lǜ hěn yǒu bāng zhù.
    This kind of quiet sitting therapy is very helpful for relieving anxiety.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

静jìngquietly
坐zuòsit

静 (quietly) + 坐 (sit) means to sit quietly.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 靜; 静 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 靜, not the simplified 静, uses 青 and 爭 for sound; an old source also treats 青 (blue) as a meaning part.

Open 静 →

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'.

Open 坐 →
Appears in
Mental Health

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