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
alternative forms		坐位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ wai^6-2

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chho-vi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chǒ-ūi / chō-ūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zo⁷ ui⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zu-we

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòwèi → zuòwei (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄟˋ → ㄗㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòwe̊i
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-wei⁵
    • Yale: dzwò-wei
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh.wey
    • Palladius: цзовэй (czovɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/ → /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ weɪ̯¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 坐位 座位

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zo⁶ wai^6-2
    • Yale: joh wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ wai^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ wei^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 坐位 座位

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chho-vi
    • Hakka Romanization System: co vi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co⁴ vi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo⁵⁵ vi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǒ-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsǒ-uī
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so²² ui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsō-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoixui
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ³³⁻²¹ ui³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡so³³⁻¹¹ ui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ ui²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zo⁷ ui⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsō ūi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so¹¹ ui¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zu-we
    • MiniDict: zu^去 we
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zu-hhue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zu²² ɦue⁴⁴/

Noun

座位

1. seat (something to sit on) (Classifier: 個／个)
2. place (vacancy or available position) (Classifier: 個／个)
3. seating arrangements
4. sitting sex position (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

• (something to sit on):

• 位 (wèi) (literary, or in compounds)
• 位子 (wèizi)
• 坐具 (zuòjù) (as furniture)
• 坐席 (zuòxí)
• 席位 (xíwèi)
• 座席 (zuòxí)

 

• (sitting arrangements): 座次 (zuòcì)

Derived terms

• 劃座位／划座位
• 愛心座位／爱心座位 (àixīn zuòwèi)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (座位):

• → Japanese: 座位(ざい) (zai)
• → Korean: 좌위(座位) (jwawi)

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
坐位

Etymology

Middle Chinese 座位 (MC dzwaH hwijH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ざ​い [záꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡za̠i]

Noun

座(ざ)位(い) • (zai) ^{←ざゐ (zawi)?}

1. seat
2. posing of sitting
3. sitting sex position

Derived terms

• 座(ざ)位(い)分(ぶん)娩(べん) (zai bunben)

Korean

Hanja in this term
座	位

Noun

座位 • (jwawi) (hangeul 좌위)

1. Hanja form^? of 좌위.