The Chinese word for to sit is
坐

zuò

Chinese Definition

sit
1. 动词. 坐。

坐
1. to sit; to take a seat
坐下 - to sit down
請Chhiáⁿ 坐！ - Please take a seat!, MN
2. to go by; to travel by; to ride
坐公交車不小心坐過頭 - to miss one's stop on the bus
我坐飛機去上海。 - I go to Shanghai by plane.
她開車去，不坐火車去。 - She does not go by train, she drives.
3. to bear fruit
4. (literary) because of; on the ground of
5. to be in charge of; to manage
6. to uphold; to fight until the end without giving up
坐鎮 - to assume personal command
7. (obsolete) to be convicted (of a crime)
8. Alternative form of 座
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