Chinese word

优先座

Pronunciation

Pinyinyōu xiān zuò

Meaning

  • nounpriority seat

Example

老人上车时请把优先座让给他们。lǎo rén shàng chē shí qǐng bǎ yōu xiān zuò ràng gěi tā men

Please give your priority seat to elderly people when they board.

Illustration for 优先座 (priority seat)

More examples

车厢里贴着优先座的标志。chē xiāng lǐ tiē zhe yōu xiān zuò de biāo zhì

A sign marked "priority seat" is posted in the train car.

Core concept

A public-transport seat where helping the person with the greater need comes before ordinary seat choice.

Common phrases

  • 让出优先座ràng chū yōu xiān zuò

    give up a priority seat

  • 占用优先座zhàn yòng yōu xiān zuò

    occupy a priority seat

  • 空着的优先座kōng zhe de yōu xiān zuò

    unoccupied priority seat

Similar words

座位zuò wèi: A place provided for sitting.
轮椅位lún yǐ wèi: A marked public-transport seat or space for wheelchair users.

Definition in Chinese

公共交通工具上为行动不便者、孕妇、老人、残疾人或抱小孩者等预留的座位，通常靠近出入口，其他乘客应予以让座。gōng gòng jiāo tōng gōng jù shàng wèi xíng dòng bú biàn zhě yùn fù lǎo rén cán jí rén huò bào xiǎo hái zhě děng yù liú de zuò wèi tōng cháng kào jìn chū rù kǒu qí tā chéng kè yīng yú yǐ ràng zuò

Word origin

The compound 优先座 (yōuxiānzuò, "priority seat") joins 优先 (yōuxiān, "priority") and 座 (zuò, "seat"), making the seat's purpose clear from its two parts.

Usage tips

  • The label is about access, not ownership, so an able-bodied passenger may sit there when it is empty but yields it when someone who needs it arrives.

Opposites

  • 普通座位pǔ tōng zuò wèiregular seatnoun

Related words

  • 优先座位yōu xiān zuò wèipriority seatnoun

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