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Definition 2024

坐莊

坐莊

Chinese

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

Verb

坐莊

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zuòzhuāng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ zong¹
Min Nan (POJ): chěr-chng / chō-chong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuòzhuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohjuang
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zo⁶ zong¹
  - Yale: joh jōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ dzong¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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): /t͡sɤ²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɤ²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/