座 zuò in a sentence
Seat (pedestal - measure word for mountains and buildings)
座 (zuò) means Seat (pedestal - measure word for mountains and buildings). Below are 24 of the 97 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
这 座 桥非常坚固。
Zhè zuò qiáo fēicháng jiāngù.
This bridge is extremely solid.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坚固
这 座 山非常雄伟。
Zhè zuò shān fēicháng xióngwěi.
This mountain is truly majestic.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雄伟
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 座 大厦有五十层。
Zhè zuò dàshà yǒu wǔshí céng.
This building has fifty floors.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 大厦
这 座 建筑很有特色。
Zhè zuò jiànzhù hěn yǒu tèsè.
This building is quite distinctive.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 建筑
这个讲 座 很受欢迎。
Zhège jiǎngzuò hěn shòu huānyíng.
This lecture series is very popular.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 讲座
这 座 城市很有魅力。
Zhè zuò chéngshì hěn yǒu mèilì.
This city has real charm.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 魅力
这 座 建筑十分宏伟。
Zhè zuò jiànzhù shífēn hóngwěi.
This building is truly magnificent.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宏伟
在 座 的人皆知此事。
Zàizuò de rén jiē zhī cǐ shì.
Everyone present knows of this.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 皆
这 座 桥跨过整条河。
Zhè zuò qiáo kuà guò zhěng tiáo hé.
This bridge spans the whole river.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 跨
这 座 建筑很有气魄。
Zhè zuò jiànzhù hěn yǒu qìpò.
This building has real grandeur.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 气魄
山顶上有一 座 古塔。
Shāndǐng shang yǒu yí zuò gǔ tǎ.
There is an ancient pagoda on the hilltop.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 塔
湖边有一 座 小亭子。
Hú biān yǒu yí zuò xiǎo tíngzi.
There is a small pavilion by the lake.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 亭子
这 座 城市让人向往。
Zhè zuò chéngshì ràng rén xiàngwǎng.
This city makes one long to go there.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 向往
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
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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
座 appears in 97 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
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 97 sentences using 座 (zuò, "Seat (pedestal - measure word 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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