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座位

座位

Chinese

		seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (座位)		座	位
alt. forms		坐位

Noun

座位

seat (something to sit on) (Classifier: 個／个)
place (vacancy or available position)
seating arrangements

Derived terms

劃座位／划座位

愛心座位／爱心座位 (àixīn zuòwèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
座	位
ざ Grade: 6	い Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

座位 ‎(hiragana ざい, romaji zai)

seat
posing of sitting

References

1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zuòwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ wai^6-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chho-vi
Min Nan (POJ): chǒ-ūi / chō-ūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuòwèi → zuòwei (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄟˋ → ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄟ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh.wey
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/ → /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ u̯eɪ̯¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zo⁶ wai^6-2
  - Yale: joh wái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ wai^6-2
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chho-vi
  - Hakka Romanization System: co vi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: co⁴ vi⁴
  - IPA: /t͡sʰo⁵⁵ vi⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǒ-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: tsǒ-uī
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɤ²² ui⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: tsō-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoixui
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡so³³⁻¹¹ ui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ³³⁻²¹ ui³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɤ²²⁻²¹ ui²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɤ²²⁻²¹ ui²²/