坐視

See also: 坐视

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	to look at; to regard; to inspect
trad. (坐視)		坐	視
simp. (坐视)		坐	视

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chō-sī / chǒ͘-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòshìh
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: dzwò-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohshyh
    • Palladius: цзоши (czoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 作事 作勢／作势 做事 坐視／坐视

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: joh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-sī
    • Tâi-lô: tsō-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoixsi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ si²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǒ͘-sī
    • Tâi-lô: tsǒo-sī
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ²² si⁴¹/

Verb

坐視

1. to sit by and watch; to sit tight and look on; to sit and observe without participating or helping

   坐視不理／坐视不理  ―  zuòshì bùlǐ  ―  to sit by and watch

Synonyms

• 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng)
• 眼看 (yǎnkàn)
• 聽任／听任 (tīngrèn)
• 聽憑／听凭 (tīngpíng)
• 隨／随 (suí)

 

Derived terms

• 不忍坐視／不忍坐视 (bùrěnzuòshì)