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

  (Pinyin): zuòzhèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ zan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chěr-tìn / chō-tìn

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• 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/
• 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/
• 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/

Verb

坐鎮

1. (of a leader) to personally guard a place one is stationed in (with troops); to assume personal command on the spot