zuò xià
sit down
请坐。
Qǐng zuò.
Please sit down.
我坐下了。
Wǒ zuòxiàle.
I sat down.
他坐在椅子上。
Tā zuò zài yǐzi shàng.
He is sitting on the chair.
坐下 (zuòxià)
sit down
坐 (zuò)
sit
就坐 (jiùzuò)
take a seat
站起来 (zhàn qǐ lái)
stand up
躺下 (tǎng xià)
lie down
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The Chinese word 坐下 (zuòxià) is a verb phrase that means "to sit down". It is composed of two characters: 坐 (zuò), which means "to sit", and 下 (xià), which means "down". The character 坐 is a pictograph that depicts a person sitting on the ground. The character 下 is a phonetic loan character that was originally used to represent the sound of the word "down".The word 坐下 is first attested in the oracle bone script of the Shang dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC). It was originally written as 坐丅, with the character 丅 representing the sound of the word "down". The character 丅 was later replaced by the character 下, which has the same sound.The word 坐下 is used in a variety of contexts. It can be used to refer to the act of sitting down in a chair, on the ground, or on a bed. It can also be used to refer to the act of sitting down in a meeting or other formal setting.The word 坐下 is a common word in Chinese. It is used by people of all ages and social classes. It is also used in a variety of literary and artistic works.
