Chinese word dictionary

坐像

zuò xiàng · seated image (of a Buddha or saint)

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Word information

Simplified坐像

Traditional坐像

Pinyinzuò xiàng

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

坐zuò

seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by

像xiàng

picture, image, figure; to resemble

How to learn 坐像

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.

Related vocabulary

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]

好像hǎoxiàng

as if; to seem like

像xiàng

to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)

乘坐chéngzuò

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

录像lùxiàng

to videotape; to videorecord; video recording; CL:盤|盘[pan2]

偶像ǒuxiàng

idol