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座

zuò · zuo

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2Old HSK 4Measure word guideMeasure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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  1. seat
  2. base
  3. stand
  4. (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座 (shī zuò)
  5. classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects
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In a conversation

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The little pavilion

  1. Dengdeng

    你看(nǐkàn)，那座(nàzuò)山(shān)真(zhēn)高(gāo)！

    Look, that mountain is so high!

  2. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)去(qù)爬(pá)吧(ba)！

    Let's climb it!

  3. Dengdeng

    那座(nàzuò)山(shān)要(yào)三个(sāngè)小时(xiǎoshí)，太(tài)累(lèi)了(le)。

    That mountain takes three hours. Too tiring.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)旁边(pángbiān)那座(nàzuò)小山(xiǎoshān)呢(ne)？

    What about the small hill next to it?

  5. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，小山(xiǎoshān)上(shàng)还有(háiyǒu)一座(yīzuò)小(xiǎo)亭子(tíngzi)。

    OK. There is a little pavilion on it too.

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)可以(kěyǐ)在(zài)亭子(tíngzi)里(lǐ)喝茶(hēchá)。

    Then we can drink tea in the pavilion.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

请(qǐng)把(bǎ)这(zhè)座(zuò)雕(diāo)像(xiàng)搬(bān)到(dào)大(dà)厅(tīng)中(zhōng)央(yāng)去(qù)。

Please move this statue to the center of the hall.

02

远(yuǎn)处(chù)那(nà)座(zuò)山(shān)在(zài)夕(xī)阳(yáng)下(xià)显(xiǎn)得(de)格(gé)外(wài)壮(zhuàng)观(guān)。

That mountain in the distance looks especially magnificent under the sunset.

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