HSK 4 · Places

座位 zuòwèi “seat” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 座位 means

  1. seat

Measure word 个 gè · 一个座位 yí ge zuòwèi

How to say 座位

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale座zuò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale位wèi4th tone, falling

座位 in a sentence

  1. 我想你坐到我的座位了。

    Wǒ xiǎng nǐ zuò dào wǒ de zuòwèi le.

    I think you’re sitting in my seat.

    Sentence #876705 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 您愿意跟我换座位吗？

    Nín yuànyì gēn wǒ huàn zuòwèi ma?

    Would you be willing to swap seats with me?

    Sentence #512054 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他把座位让给了老人。

    Tā bǎ zuòwèi ràng gěi le lǎorén.

    He gave up his seat to an elderly man.

    Sentence #3500946 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 座位 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 座 (zuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
座zuòseat
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 坐seat · zuò
The character 位 (wèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
位wèiposition
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 立stand · lì

Memory aidA person 亻 standing 立 in their place: a position, a seat.

How to write 座位

座 10 strokes · 位 7 strokes

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座位 (zuòwèi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 座位 (zuòwèi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 座位

Words with 座

座zuò · measure word for buildings讲座jiǎngzuò · lecture插座chāzuò · power point座右铭zuòyòumíng · motto

Words with 位

位wèi · position各位gèwèi · everyone (polite address)位于wèiyú · to be located at位置wèizhi · position单位dānwèi · unit (of measurement)地位dìwèi · position诸位zhūwèi · everyone方位fāngwèi · position部位bùwèi · position学位xuéwèi · academic degree

More words: Places & Directions

中国Zhōngguó · China北京Běijīng · Beijing家jiā · home学校xuéxiào · school长城Chángchéng · the Great Wall长江Cháng Jiāng · Yangtze River邮局yóujú · post office周围zhōuwéi · environs

FAQs

座位 (zuòwèi) means “seat”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zuòwèi: zuò with a 4th tone, then wèi with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 座位 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one seat is 一个座位 (yí ge zuòwèi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuowei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 座位 from the suggestions. Typing zuowei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
座位 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.