坐莊

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòzhuāng

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuòzhuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuòjhuang
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-chuang¹
  - Yale: dzwò-jwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohjuang
  - Palladius: цзочжуан (czočžuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zo⁶ zong¹
  - Yale: joh jōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ dzong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ zong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    坐莊 / 坐庄
    坐贓 / 坐赃
Southern Min
- (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, Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

坐⫽莊 (verb-object)

to be a resident buyer of a business firm
to be the banker or dealer (in a gambling game)
alt. forms: 做莊 / 做庄
to manipulate stock prices