坐探

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	to explore; to search out; to scout to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit
trad. (坐探)		坐	探
simp. #(坐探)		坐	探

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòtàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ taam³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chǒ͘-thàm / chō-thàm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòtàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòtàn
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-tʻan⁴
    • Yale: dzwò-tàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohtann
    • Palladius: цзотань (czotanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zo⁶ taam³
    • Yale: joh taam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ taam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ tam³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² tʰaːm³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǒ͘-thàm
    • Tâi-lô: tsǒo-thàm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ²² tʰam⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-thàm
    • Tâi-lô: tsō-thàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoixtaxm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ tʰam²¹/

Noun

坐探

1. enemy agent planted within one's own ranks