How to Say ‘Please sit down.’ in Simplified Chinese
坐吧
zuò ba
[dzwo ba]
💬 Usage Tip: Adding [吧] softens a command into a suggestion or invitation, so [坐] becomes the friendlier [坐吧]. You can reuse that with lots of verbs: [进去吧] 'go on in' or [喝吧] 'go ahead and drink'.
Phrase Breakdown
坐
zuò
[dzwo]
to sit
Means 'sit' or 'take a seat,' often used when inviting someone to sit down.
你先坐，我去点喝的。
Sit first; I’ll go order drinks.
吧
ba
[ba]
suggestion particle
A softening particle that makes a suggestion or invitation sound friendlier.
进来吧，外面太吵了。
Come in, it’s too noisy outside.
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