坐不住

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	incessantly; without end; nonstop
simp. and trad. (坐不住)		坐	不住

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuò bu zhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co⁵ bat¹ zyu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuò bu zhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuò bů jhù
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴ pu⁵ chu⁴
    • Yale: dzwò bu jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh bu juh
    • Palladius: цзо бу чжу (czo bu čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co⁵ bat¹ zyu⁶
    • Yale: chóh bāt jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso⁵ bat⁷ dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: co⁵ bed¹ ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː¹³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡syː²²/

Verb

坐不住

1. cannot remain seated; cannot stay long; cannot sit still
2. to fidget; to be restless

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhē-put-chū

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhē-put-chū
    • Tâi-lô: tshē-put-tsū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhexputzu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡su²²/

Verb

坐不住

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to apologize

Synonyms

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• 告罪 (gàozuì) (literary, polite)
• 回毋著 / 回毋着 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 坐毋著 / 坐毋着 (Hokkien)
• 坐理 (Hokkien)
• 相坐 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 致歉 (zhìqiàn)
• 請罪 / 请罪 (qǐngzuì)
• 謝罪 / 谢罪 (xièzuì)
• 賠不是 / 赔不是 (péi bùshi)
• 賠情 / 赔情 (péiqíng) (dialectal)
• 賠禮 / 赔礼 (péilǐ)
• 賠罪 / 赔罪 (péizuì)
• 道歉 (dàoqiàn)