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Alone, this word means quite sitting, to sit quietly, or to meditate.
If you add and change the context a bit, this could mean to stage a sit-in (perhaps a non-violent protest by Buddhist monks or people). But again, as a single word as calligraphy art, it is the sitting quietly in meditation meaning that will be perceived.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 静坐 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
靜坐 静坐 see styles |
jìng zuò jing4 zuo4 ching tso seiza |
More info & calligraphy: Sitting Quietlyquiet sitting |
静坐 see styles |
seiza / seza せいざ |
More info & calligraphy: Sitting Quietly |
靜坐不動 静坐不动 see styles |
jìng zuò bù dòng jing4 zuo4 bu4 dong4 ching tso pu tung |
to sit still and do nothing; to sit tight |
靜坐不能 静坐不能 see styles |
jìng zuò bù néng jing4 zuo4 bu4 neng2 ching tso pu neng |
akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug); unable to sit still; hyperactivity; restlessness |
靜坐抗議 静坐抗议 see styles |
jìng zuò kàng yì jing4 zuo4 kang4 yi4 ching tso k`ang i ching tso kang i |
sit-in protest |
靜坐罷工 静坐罢工 see styles |
jìng zuò bà gōng jing4 zuo4 ba4 gong1 ching tso pa kung |
sit-in strike |
Variations: |
seiza / seza せいざ |
(n,vs,vi) sitting calmly and quietly (i.e. in order to meditate) |
靜坐抗議示威 静坐抗议示威 see styles |
jìng zuò kàng yì shì wēi jing4 zuo4 kang4 yi4 shi4 wei1 ching tso k`ang i shih wei ching tso kang i shih wei |
sit-in protest demonstration |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Sitting Quietly | 靜坐 静坐 | sei za / seiza | jìng zuò / jing4 zuo4 / jing zuo / jingzuo | ching tso / chingtso |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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