觀音坐蓮

Chinese

		Guanyin; Guanyin	to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	lotus
trad. (觀音坐蓮)		觀音	坐	蓮
simp. (观音坐莲)		观音	坐	莲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānyīnzuòlián

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄧㄣ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ jam¹ co⁵ lin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānyīnzuòlián
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄧㄣ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanyinzuòlián
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-yin¹-tso⁴-lien²
    • Yale: gwān-yīn-dzwò-lyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanintzuohlian
    • Palladius: гуаньиньцзолянь (guanʹinʹczoljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ in⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ jam¹ co⁵ lin⁴
    • Yale: gūn yām chóh lìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ jam¹ tso⁵ lin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ yem¹ co⁵ lin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː¹³ liːn²¹/

Noun

觀音坐蓮

1. (slang) cowgirl position
2. (botany) Angiopteris (a genus of huge evergreen ferns from the family Marattiaceae)