坐莊

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	farm; village
trad. (坐莊)		坐	莊
simp. (坐庄)		坐	庄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòzhuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ zong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chěr-chng / chō-chong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòzhuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòjhuang
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-chuang¹
    • Yale: dzwò-jwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohjuang
    • Palladius: цзочжуан (czočžuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zo⁶ zong¹
    • Yale: joh jōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ dzong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ zong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 坐莊／坐庄 坐贓／坐赃

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chěr-chng
    • Tâi-lô: tsěr-tsng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sə²² t͡sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-chong
    • Tâi-lô: tsō-tsong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoixzofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

坐莊

1. to be a resident buyer of a business firm
2. to be the banker or dealer (in a gambling game)