位 置 wèi zhi position / place / seat / CL:個|个[ge4] 座 位 zuò wèi seat / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 座 seat / base / stand / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座|师座[shi1 zuo4] / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects 座 椅 zuò yǐ seat 位 子 wèi zi place / seat 席 位 xí wèi a seat (in a theater, stadium etc) / parliamentary or congressional seat 坐 垫 zuò diàn cushion / (motorbike) seat / CL:塊|块[kuai4] 坐 椅 zuò yǐ seat / chair 入 座 rù zuò to seat (sb in a restaurant etc) / to take one's seat 座 垫 zuò diàn saddle (of a bicycle) / seat (of a car or bike) / chair cushion 座 席 zuò xí seat (at banquet) / by ext. guest of honor 坐 席 zuò xí seat (at a banquet) / to attend a banquet 下 手 xià shǒu to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest 县 城 xiàn chéng county seat / county town 上 手 shàng shǒu to obtain / to master / overhand (serve etc) / seat of honor 胸 怀 xiōng huái one's bosom (the seat of emotions) / breast / broad-minded and open / to think about / to cherish 硬 座 yìng zuò hard seat (on trains or boats) 安 全 带 ān quán dài seat belt / safety belt 凳 子 dèng zi stool / small seat 后 座 hòu zuò back seat / pillion 心 房 xīn fáng heart (as the seat of emotions) / cardiac atrium 请 坐 qǐng zuò please, have a seat 上 位 shàng wèi seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic 茶 座 chá zuò teahouse / tea-stall with seats / tea-garden or teahouse seat 落 座 luò zuò to sit down / to take a seat 上 座 shàng zuò seat of honor 让 座 ràng zuò to give up one's seat for sb 软 座 ruǎn zuò soft seat (on trains or boats) 莲 台 lián tái lotus seat 垫 圈 diàn quān washer (on bolt) / toilet seat 就 座 jiù zuò to take a seat 府 城 fǔ chéng capital of 府 / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) / prefectural seat 订 位 dìng wèi to reserve a seat / to book a table / reservation 副 驾 驶 fù jià shǐ copilot / front passenger seat 归 位 guī wèi to put sth back where it belongs / to return to the original position / to return to one's seat (in a classroom) 舱 位 cāng wèi shipping space / cabin berth / cabin seat 满 座 mǎn zuò fully booked / every seat taken 邻 座 lín zuò person in next seat / adjacent seat / neighbor 对 号 duì hào tick / check mark (✓) / number for verification (serial number, seat number etc) / (fig.) two things match up 副 驾 驶 座 fù jià shǐ zuò front passenger seat 入 席 rù xí to take one's seat 八 仙 桌 bā xiān zhuō old-fashioned square table to seat eight people 即 席 jí xí impromptu / improvised / to take one's seat (at a banquet etc) 议 席 yì xí seat in a parliament or legislative assembly 虚 位 以 待 xū wèi yǐ dài to reserve a seat / to leave a position vacant 襟 怀 jīn huái bosom (the seat of emotions) / one's mind 府 seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) 坐 to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座[zuo4] 襟 lapel / overlap of Chinese gown / fig. bosom (the seat of emotions) / to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom 裆 crotch / seat of a pair of trousers 对 号 入 座 duì hào rù zuò 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 上 首 shàng shǒu seat of honor / first place 硬 席 yìng xí hard seat (on trains) 卡 美 洛 Kǎ měi luò Camelot, seat of legendary King Arthur 座 号 zuò hào seat number 让 坐 ràng zuò to give up one's seat / to be seated 软 席 ruǎn xí soft seat (= first class in PRC trains) 审 判 席 shěn pàn xí judgment seat 座 儿 zuò r rickshaw seat (Beijing dialect) / patron (of teahouse, cinema) / passenger (in taxi, rickshaw etc) 助 手 席 zhù shǒu xí front passenger seat (in a car) 威 州 镇 Wēi zhōu zhèn Weizhou town, seat of Wenchuan county 汶川縣|汶川县[Wen4 chuan1 xian4] in northwest Sichuan 府 治 fǔ zhì seat of prefectural government (from Tang to Qing times) 座 椅 套 子 zuò yǐ tào zi seat cover 弹 射 座 椅 tán shè zuò yǐ ejection seat 拿 权 ná quán to hold power / in the driving seat 散 座 sǎn zuò single seat (in theater) / irregular passenger (in rickshaw) 散 座 儿 sǎn zuò r erhua variant of 散座[san3 zuo4] / single seat (in theater) / irregular passenger (in rickshaw) 末 席 mò xí end seat / place for less senior person 末 座 mò zuò end seat / final place (for less senior person) 楼 座 lóu zuò gallery seat (in theater) 法 筵 fǎ yán the seat of the Law, on which the one who explains the doctrine is seated (Buddhism) 经 济 座 jīng jì zuò economy seat 县 地 xiàn dì county seat / county town 臀 疣 tún yóu monkey's seat pads (zoology) 虚 席 以 待 xū xí yǐ dài to reserve a seat for sb (idiom) 讲 筵 jiǎng yán the teacher's seat 越 席 yuè xí to leave one's seat 软 坐 ruǎn zuò soft seat (= first class in PRC trains) 郡 治 jùn zhì seat of the principal county magistrate in imperial China 靠 窗 座 位 kào chuāng zuò wèi window seat 驾 驶 席 jià shǐ xí driver's seat / pilot's seat 非 常 任 理 事 国 席 位 fēi cháng rèn lǐ shì guó xí wèi non-permanent seat 席 位 分 配 allocation of seats / seat allocation 坐 厕 垫 zuò cè diàn toilet seat 博 爱 座 bó ài zuò priority seat (on a bus etc) (Tw) 偏 三 轮 piān sān lún old-style cycle with lateral third wheel and passenger seat 六 扇 门 liù shàn mén seat of the government / yamen / (in wuxia stories) special police force 划 位 huà wèi (Tw) to divide up an area / to assign a spot / to allocate a seat / one's assigned spot 霸 座 bà zuò to willfully occupy sb else's seat 生 命 带 shēng mìng dài (neologism) (used in road safety campaigns) "life-saving belt", i.e. seat belt / (astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone
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