Chinese word dictionary

坐垫

zuò diàn · cushion; (motorbike) seat

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Word information

Simplified坐垫

Traditional坐墊

Pinyinzuò diàn

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

垫diàn

cushion, mat, pad; to advance money, to pay for another

How to learn 坐垫

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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]

乘坐chéngzuò

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

垫diàn

pad; cushion; mat; to pad out; to fill a gap; to pay for sb; to advance (money)

垫底diàndǐ

to put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime; to lay the foundation; to come last in the rankings

垫子diànzi

cushion; mat; pad

坐落zuòluò

to be situated; to be located (of a building)