| | to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座 | HSK 1 |
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| | to sit down | HSK 1 |
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| | to crawl / to climb / to get up or sit up | HSK 2 |
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| | to sit astride / to ride (a horse, bike etc) / classifier for saddle horses | HSK 2 |
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| | to sit for a makeup exam / to resit an exam / makeup exam / resit | HSK 6 |
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| | to face the wall / to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism) / (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc | |
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| | to sit cross-legged (as in the lotus position) | |
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| | to sit quietly / to meditate / to stage a sit-in | |
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| | to sit for the second round of a two-stage exam | |
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| | to sit in a circle / seated around (a narrator) | |
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| | to sit cross-legged / to sit in the lotus position | |
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| | to sit in on (proceedings) / to be present at a meeting as an observer / to audit (a class) | |
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| | to wait in vain; to sit around waiting | |
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| | to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate | |
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| | to sit in the lotus position | |
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| | to practice Chan Buddhist meditation / to practice Zen meditation / to sit in meditation | |
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| | to sit face-to-face and drink | |
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| | to sit in meditation; to meditate | |
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| | to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth / to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc) | |
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| | to sit upright | |
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| | to sit in meditation / to meditate | |
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| | lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom) / fig. watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted | |
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| | to enjoy (the benefit of sth) without lifting a finger; to sit back and enjoy (favorable circumstances) | |
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| | to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom) | |
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| | to go and sit an examination | |
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| | to sit down | |
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| | to sit on the fence / to take both sides in a dispute | |
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| | (Buddhism) to sit in contemplation | |
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| | to sit together | |
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| | (of passengers) to stage a sit-in after the plane has landed (as a protest against bad service etc) (Tw) | |
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| | tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse) | |
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| | to sit in the lotus position | |
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| | to sit down / to take a seat | |
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| | to sit facing each other | |
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| | to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides / to sit on the fence | |
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| | to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance | |
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| | to stand on tiptoe / to sit with feet hanging | |
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| | to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom) | |
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| | to sit upright and still (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk | |
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| | sit cross-legged / walk back and forth | |
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| | to sit knee to knee | |
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| | to squat; to sit | |
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| | to sit silently | |
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| | to sit cross-legged | |
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| | sit-in strike | |
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| | lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger | |
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| | to sit with legs dangling | |
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| | to sit at a table with others with whom one is unacquainted | |
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| | to sit an entrance exam for a graduate program | |
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| | (of a horse, dog etc) to sit back on one's haunches and refuse to be coaxed forward / (of a person) to brace oneself to resist being made to go forward; (fig.) to dig one's heels in | |
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| | somewhat ill, but still able to sit up | |
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| | sit-up (physical exercise) | |
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| | (coll.) to sit in on a class | |
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| | to place (food) on the table / to sit down to eat (at the dining table) | |
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| | lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation | |
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| | to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance | |
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| | to sit properly / to sit up straight | |
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| | unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc) (idiom) | |
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| | to sit and wait / (fig.) to be passive; to sit back and wait for (success, an opportunity etc) | |
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| | to sit and watch, but remain indifferent (idiom) | |
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| | lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom); fig. a rich man does not expose himself to danger | |
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| | lit. the butt governs the head (idiom) / fig. where one stands depends on where one sits / one's views are shaped by one's circumstances | |
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| | to sit for imperial examinations | |
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| | beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) | |
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| | Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it. | |
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| | lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation | |
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| | to sit around / to sit idly | |
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| | to sit still and do nothing / to sit tight | |
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| | akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug) / unable to sit still / hyperactivity / restlessness | |
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| | sit-in protest | |
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| | sit-in protest demonstration | |
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| | campstool / folding stool (with fabric stretched across the top to sit on) | |
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| | to sit astride / to ride | |
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