半跏坐
bàn jiā zuò · sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva)
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 半跏坐
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.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
一半yíbànhalf
坐zuòsurname Zuo; to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; variant of 座[zuo4]
半天bàntiānhalf of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair; CL:個|个[ge4]
乘坐chéngzuòto take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
半夜bànyèmidnight; in the middle of the night