座 zuò in a sentence
Seat (pedestal - mw for mountains and buildings)
座 (zuò) means Seat (pedestal - mw for mountains and buildings). Below are 12 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这 座 桥有一百年的历史。
Zhè zuò qiáo yǒu yìbǎi nián de lìshǐ.
This bridge is a hundred years old.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 座
河上有一 座 新桥。
Hé shàng yǒu yí zuò xīn qiáo.
There is a new bridge over the river.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 桥
过了这 座 桥就到了。
Guò le zhè zuò qiáo jiù dào le.
Cross this bridge and you are there.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 桥
这是一 座 美丽的城市。
Zhè shì yí zuò měilì de chéngshì.
This is a beautiful city.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 美丽
请问这个 座 位有人吗？
Qǐngwèn zhège zuòwèi yǒu rén ma?
Excuse me, is this seat taken?
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 座位
请回到自己的 座 位上。
Qǐng huí dào zìjǐ de zuòwèi shàng.
Please return to your own seat.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 座位
这 座 桥有一个世纪的历史。
Zhè zuò qiáo yǒu yí ge shìjì de lìshǐ.
This bridge has a century of history.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 世纪
From the graded readers
我的 座 位在窗户旁边，我很高兴。
wǒ de(possessive) zuòwèi zài chuāng hù pángbiān, wǒ hěn gāoxìng.
My seat was by the window, which pleased me.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
我们坐了五个小时的车才到那 座 山。
wǒmen zuò le / liǎo / liào wǔ gè xiǎoshí de / dì chē cái dào nà / nèi zuò shān.
It took five hours by coach to reach the mountain.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
From the travel phrasebook
我的 座 位在几号车厢？
Wǒ de zuòwèi zài jǐ hào chēxiāng?
Which carriage is my seat in?
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
Words that contain 座
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 座
How is 座 used in a sentence?
This page shows 12 sentences using 座 (zuò, "Seat (pedestal - mw for mountains and buildings)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 座 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 座 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 座 an HSK word?
Yes — 座 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 座?
The dictionary page for 座 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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