坐冷板凳

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	seat for the teachers in private schools in old times
trad. (坐冷板凳)		坐	冷板凳
simp. #(坐冷板凳)		坐	冷板凳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuò lěngbǎndèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄉㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co⁵ laang⁵ baan² dang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuò lěngbǎndèng [Phonetic: zuòléngbǎndèng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄉㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuò lěngbǎndèng
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴ lêng³-pan³-têng⁴
    • Yale: dzwò lěng-bǎn-dèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh leengbaandenq
    • Palladius: цзо лэнбаньдэн (czo lɛnbanʹdɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòlěngbǎndèngr [Phonetic: zuòléngbǎndèngr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄉㄥˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòlěngbǎndèngr
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-lêng³-pan³-têng⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dzwò-lěng-bǎn-dèngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohleengbaandenql
    • Palladius: цзолэнбаньдэнр (czolɛnbanʹdɛnr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤ̃ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co⁵ laang⁵ baan² dang³
    • Yale: chóh láahng báan dang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso⁵ laang⁵ baan² dang³
    • Guangdong Romanization: co⁵ lang⁵ ban² deng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː¹³ laːŋ¹³ paːn³⁵ tɐŋ³³/

Verb

坐冷板凳

1. (figurative) to hold an unimportant post and be neglected; to be sidelined; to be given the cold shoulder

   坐穿冷板凳  ―  zuò chuān lěngbǎndèng  ―  to be given the cold shoulder throughout