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坐下 (zuò xia) — to sit down

Definition

坐下 (zuòxia) is a verb-object phrase meaning 'sit down', the natural choice when asking or telling someone to take a seat (often with 请). Unlike 坐 (zuò), which means 'to sit/be seated', 坐下 highlights the action of moving into a seat.

verb
to sit down

Examples

  • 坐下。
    Qǐng zuò xia.
    Please sit down.
  • 坐下。
    Tā zuò xia hòu jiù kāi shǐ shuō huà.
    He started talking right after he sat down.
  • 坐下。
    Wǒ men zuò xia liáo le yí huì r.
    We sat down and chatted for a while.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

坐zuòsit
下xiàdown

坐 means sit; 下 shows the action settles downward.

Characters in this word

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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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

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