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Definition(s) for: 坐视

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
坐视 zuò shì - to stand by and watch; to look on passively

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 34,613 44,786

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zuò- surname Zuo
zuò- to sit
- to take a seat
- to take (a bus, airplane etc)
- to bear fruit
- variant of 座[zuo4]
shì- variant of 視|视[shi4]
- variant of 示[shi4]
shì- old variant of 視|视[shi4]
shì- (literary, or bound form) to look at

Other Words Containing 坐视

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo