上座

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
simp. and trad. (上座)		上	座

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ zo⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-chǒ / siōng-chō / siāng-chō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngzuò
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-tso⁴
    • Yale: shàng-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtzuoh
    • Palladius: шанцзо (šanczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 上坐 上座

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ zo⁶
    • Yale: seuhng joh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ dzo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ zo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² t͡sɔː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-chǒ
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-tsǒ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡so²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-chō
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-tsō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngzoi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡so²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-chō
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-tsō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngzoi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡so²²/

Noun

上座

1. (literary) seat of honor

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ zo⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngzuò
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-tso⁴
    • Yale: shàng-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtzuoh
    • Palladius: шанцзо (šanczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 上坐 上座

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (上座兒 / 上座儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngzuòr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngzuòr
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-tso⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: shàng-dzwòr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtzuoll
    • Palladius: шанцзор (šanczor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ zo⁶
    • Yale: séuhng joh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ dzo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ zo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ t͡sɔː²²/

Verb

上座

1. to take one's seat
2. (of restaurants, theatres, etc.) to have customers come in continuously

Derived terms

• 上座率
• 上座部 (Shàngzuòbù)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
上	座
かみ Grade: 1	ざ Grade: 6
yutōyomi

Noun

上(かみ)座(ざ) • (kamiza) 

1. seat of honor

   Antonym: 下座 (shimoza)

2. (theater) the right side of the stage as viewed from the audience; stage left

   Synonym: 上手 (kamite)

   Antonym: 下座 (shimoza)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
上	座
じょう Grade: 1	ざ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

上(じょう)座(ざ) • (jōza) 

1. seat of honor; a seat at the head of the table

   Antonym: 下座 (geza)

2. (religion) an experienced priest who leads a religious organization
3. (Buddhism) chief priest, senior priest; one of the sankō, the three priests who administer certain Buddhist temples

   Hypernym: 三綱 (sankō)

4. (Zen Buddhism) one of the ranks for monks in the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism

See also

• 僧階(そうかい) (sōkai, “rank of a monk”)
• 曹洞宗(そうとうしゅう) (Sōtōshū, “Sōtō school”)
• 高座(こうざ) (kōza, “an elevated seat; a pulpit”)