Chinese word dictionary

全跏坐

quán jiā zuò · crossed leg posture (usu. of Buddha)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified全跏坐

Traditional全跏坐

Pinyinquán jiā zuò

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

全quán

whole, entire, complete; to preserve

跏jiā

to squat, to sit cross-legged

坐zuò

seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by

How to learn 全跏坐

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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坐zuò

surname Zuo; to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; variant of 座[zuo4]

安全ānquán

safe; secure; safety; security

乘坐chéngzuò

to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)

全quán

all; whole; entire; every; complete; surname Quan

全部quánbù

whole; all

全都quándōu

all; without exception