攝位

Chinese

Etymology 1

		assist; collect; absorb	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
trad. (攝位)		攝	位
simp. (摄位)		摄	位

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shèwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sip³ wai^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shèwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shèwèi
    • Wade–Giles: shê⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: shè-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehwey
    • Palladius: шэвэй (šɛvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sip³ wai^6-2
    • Yale: sip wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sip⁸ wai^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xib³ wei^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːp̚³ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/

Verb

攝位

1. (literary) to act as regent

Synonyms

• 攝政／摄政 (shèzhèng)

Etymology 2

		to squeeze into; to wedge in	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
trad. (攝位)		攝	位
simp. (摄位)		摄	位

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sip³ wai^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sip³ wai^6-2
    • Yale: sip wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sip⁸ wai^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xib³ wei^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːp̚³ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/

Verb

攝⫽位 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to squeeze into a queue, seat, place, etc.