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首座

首座

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
simp. and trad. (首座)		首	座

Noun

首座

seat of honour; top seat
abbot

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shǒuzuò

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² zo⁶
Min Nan (POJ): siú-chō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǒuzuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooutzuoh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² zo⁶
  - Yale: sáu joh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² dzo⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɔː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-chō
  - Tâi-lô: siú-tsō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siwzoi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɤ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɤ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡so³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɤ³³/