坐鎮
Chinese
| to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.) | composed; small town; to suppress composed; small town; to suppress; to press down; to post | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (坐鎮) | 坐 | 鎮 | |
| simp. (坐镇) | 坐 | 镇 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zuòzhèn
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄣˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zuòjhèn
- Wade–Giles: tso4-chên4
- Yale: dzwò-jèn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohjenn
- Palladius: цзочжэнь (czočžɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zo6 zan3
- Yale: joh jan
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzo6 dzan3
- Guangdong Romanization: zo6 zen3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɔː²² t͡sɐn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chěr-tìn
- Tâi-lô: tsěr-tìn
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sə²² tin⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-tìn
- Tâi-lô: tsō-tìn
- Phofsit Daibuun: zoixdixn
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ tin²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Verb
坐鎮
- (of a leader) to personally guard a place one is stationed in (with troops); to assume personal command on the spot