座位
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
座位 (zuòwèi) · seat
座位 (zuòwèi) means “seat”. It is written with 2 characters: 座 (seat) + 位 (measure word for people (polite)). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 座位 is built
The characters
座 zuò · seat
What 座 is made of
- 广guǎng — broad
- 丶 — dot
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 坐zuò — seat
- 从cóng — from
- 人rén — person
- 人rén — person
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 从cóng — from
Origin hint: A wide 广 seat 坐; 坐 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
位 wèi · measure word for people (polite)
What 位 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 立lì — to stand
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: The place where a person 亻 stands 立 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我的座位在哪儿？Wǒ de zuòwèi zài nǎr?Where is my seat?
车上没有座位了。Chē shang méiyǒu zuòwèi le.There are no seats left on the bus.
Questions about 座位
What does 座位 mean?
座位 (zuòwèi) means “seat”.
How do you pronounce 座位?
座位 is pronounced zuòwèi.
Which HSK level is 座位?
座位 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 讲座jiǎngzuòlecture
- 插座chāzuòelectrical socket
- 座右铭zuòyòumíngmotto
- 座zuòseat
- 单位dānwèiworkplace
- 各位gèwèieveryone
- 地位dìwèiposition
- 位于wèiyúto be located at
- 位置wèizhiposition
- 部位bùwèipart
Learn 座位 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 67: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.