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  *坐* | 坐* | *坐
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of
HSK 1
please, have a seat
HSK 1
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  *位* | 位* | *位
position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential
HSK 2
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  *座* | 座* | *座
seat / base; stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
HSK 2
seat / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
position / place / seat / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to give up one's seat for sb
HSK 6
to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats)
HSK 7-9
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  *席* | 席* | *席
woven mat / seat / banquet / place in a democratic assembly / classifier for banquets, conversations etc
HSK 7-9
to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
HSK 7-9
a seat (in a theater, stadium etc) / parliamentary or congressional seat
HSK 7-9
stool / small seat
HSK 7-9
to take a seat
HSK 7-9
place / seat
HSK 7-9
single seat (in theater) / irregular passenger (in rickshaw)
county seat; county town
seat
next to the aisle / aisle (seat on aircraft)
seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic
to obtain / to master / overhand (serve etc) / seat of honor
one's bosom (the seat of emotions) / breast / broad-minded and open / to think about / to cherish
deep layer / deep; deep-seated; underlying
seat (at a banquet) / to attend a banquet
cushion / (motorbike) seat / CL: 塊|块
seat of honor / first place
tick / check mark (✓) / number for verification (serial number, seat number etc) / (fig.) two things match up
to put sth back where it belongs / to return to the original position / to return to one's seat (in a classroom)
to sit in a circle / seated around (a narrator)
the back row (in a theater etc); the rear seats (in a vehicle)
seat of honor (at a banquet, meeting etc) / (Buddhism) senior monk's seat or title
stubborn illness; chronic disease / fig. deep-seated problem; systemic issue
capital of prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) / prefectural seat
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  *裆* | 裆* | *裆
crotch / seat of a pair of trousers
back seat / pillion
saddle (of a bicycle); seat (of a car or bike) / chair cushion
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  *襟* | 襟* | *襟
lapel / overlap of Chinese gown / fig. bosom (the seat of emotions) / to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom
washer (on bolt) / toilet seat
to sit down / to take a seat
hard seat (on trains or boats)
heart (as the seat of emotions) / cardiac atrium
to reserve all the seats (or a large block of seats) at a theater, restaurant etc
desk-mate / seat-mate
soft seat (on trains or boats)
swing (seat hung from a frame or branch)
teahouse / tea-stall with seats / tea-garden or teahouse seat
The Hague (seat of government of the Netherlands)
seat number
to take one's seat
to take one's seat according to the ticket number / (fig.) to put (things or people) in their right place / to take a general comment as a personal attack
fully booked / every seat taken
shipping space / cabin berth / cabin seat
deep level / deep-seated / in-depth
adjacent seat / the person in an adjacent seat
seat in a parliament or legislative assembly
seat occupancy rate; percentage of available seats that are filled (in a theater, cinema, restaurant etc)
to harbor a grudge with deep-seated hatred (idiom)
lotus seat
to be seated
seated image (of a Buddha or saint)
impromptu / improvised / to take one's seat (at a banquet etc)
(of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers / popular with the paying public; high-grossing / number of seats occupied (by moviegoers etc)
to reserve a seat / to leave a position vacant
to take one's seat
reserved seat; assigned seat
bosom (the seat of emotions) / one's mind
driver's seat / pilot's seat
end seat / final place (for less senior person)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *府* | 府* | *府
seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
hard seat (on trains)
by the window (referring to seats on a plane etc)
to reserve a seat / to book a table / reservation
(Tw) to divide up an area / to assign a spot; to allocate a seat / one's assigned spot
seat of the principal county magistrate in imperial China
the teacher's seat
county seat / county town
seat of prefectural government (from Tang to Qing times)
soft seat (= first class in PRC trains)
(neologism) (used in road safety campaigns) "life-saving belt", i.e. seat belt / (astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone
seat belt / safety belt
to overbook (e.g. airline seats) / to oversell
to leave one's seat
to willfully occupy sb else's seat
seat of the government / yamen / (in wuxia stories) special police force
gallery seat (in theater)
to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)
(Tw) priority seat (on a bus etc)
window seat
old-fashioned square table to seat eight people
competitive election (i.e. with more candidates than seats)
rickshaw seat (Beijing dialect) / patron (of teahouse, cinema) / passenger (in taxi, rickshaw etc)
non-competitive election (i.e. with as many candidates as there are seats) / single-candidate election
guests filled all the seats (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
on the aisle (referring to seats on a plane etc)
old-style cycle with lateral third wheel and passenger seat
deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
copilot (abbr. for 副駕駛員|副驾驶员) / front passenger seat (abbr. for 副駕駛座|副驾驶座)
front passenger seat
front passenger seat (in a car)
booth (in restaurants etc) (loanword from "car seat")
Camelot, seat of legendary King Arthur

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