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坐

Mandarin · pinyin zuò#

to sit
to take a seat
to take (a bus, airplane etc)
to bear fruit
variant of 座 zuò

Mandarin · pinyin Zuò#

surname Zuo

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坐: zuò · sit; seat; ride, travel by

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4 · zuo4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

co5 · zo6

Cantonese word readings for 坐. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

to sit; to take a seat
to go by; to travel by; to ride
to bear fruit
(literary) because of; on the ground of
to be in charge of; to manage
to uphold; to fight until the end without giving up
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be convicted (of a crime)

character · Etymology 2

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 座 (zuò)

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