坐下来 zuòxiàlai to sit down Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 坐 zuò verb to sit to sit; to take a seat; to rest one's weight on one's buttocks下来 下來 xiàlai particle [downward/continuing] Used after a verb to show motion down and toward the speaker, or to show that an action is continuing from the past into the present.