陞座

Chinese

		promoted	seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
trad. (陞座)		陞	座
simp. (升座)		升	座
Literally: “to rise to a high seat”.

Etymology

From a practice in Chan temples of expounding the Dharma while seated on a platform.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengzuò
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-tso⁴
    • Yale: shēng-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengtzuoh
    • Palladius: шэнцзо (šɛnczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/

Verb

陞座

1. (Buddhism) to give a talk on the dharma

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “陞座” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].