座無虛席

Chinese

		seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things	not have	devoid of content; void; false devoid of content; void; false; empty; vain	banquet; woven mat; seat banquet; woven mat; seat; place
trad. (座無虛席)		座	無	虛	席
simp. (座无虚席)		座	无	虚	席
Literally: “to have no empty seats”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòwúxūxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨˊ ㄒㄩ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ mou⁴ heoi¹ zik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chō-bû-hu-se̍k / chō-bô-hi-se̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòwúxūxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨˊ ㄒㄩ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòwúsyusí
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-wu²-hsü¹-hsi²
    • Yale: dzwò-wú-syū-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohwushiushyi
    • Palladius: цзо’усюйси (czo’usjujsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ u³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo⁶ mou⁴ heoi¹ zik⁶
    • Yale: joh mòuh hēui jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ mou⁴ hoey¹ dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ mou⁴ hêu¹ jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² mou̯²¹ hɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-bû-hu-se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsō-bû-hu-si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoixbu'husek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ bu²⁴⁻²² hu⁴⁴⁻²² siɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-bô-hi-se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsō-bô-hi-si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoixboi'hisek
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡so³³⁻¹¹ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ hi⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ³³⁻²¹ bɤ²³⁻³³ hi⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪk̚⁴/

Idiom

座無虛席

1. to have a full house; to have a capacity audience