(zuò zài) - to sit at, to sit in in Mandarin
zuòzàiTraditional: 坐在
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Translation
to sit at, to sit in
Word origin
A two-character compound meaning to sit at or to sit in. 坐 (zuò) is an ideograph showing two people (从) on the ground (土, earth), depicting sitting. 在 (zài) means at, in or on, marking location; it is a phono-semantic compound with the 土 (earth) element and 才 (cái) as the phonetic. Together they place the sitting in a location.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 坐 (zuò, to sit; 从 two people over 土 earth) + 在 (zài, at / located; 才 phonetic + 土 earth)
Stroke order
坐
在
Examples
椅。
He sits on the chair.
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We sit in the park and chat.
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He sits next to me.
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The children sit on the floor and draw.
沙。
He sits on the sofa watching television.
Used in
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