坐桶子

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	pail; bucket; tub
simp. and trad. (坐桶子)		坐	桶子
Literally: “to sit in a bucket”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòtǒngzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòtǒngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄨㄥˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòtǒngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-tʻung³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: dzwò-tǔng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohtoong.tzy
    • Palladius: цзотунцзы (czotunczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

Verb

坐桶子

1. (chiefly Taiwan, figurative, informal) to illegally migrate to a country (by boat or ship)

See also

• 坐月子 (zuòyuèzi)