賣座

Chinese

		sell	seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
trad. (賣座)		賣	座
simp. (卖座)		卖	座

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màizuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ zo⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bē-chō / māi-chǒ / bōe-chō / māi-chō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màizuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màizuò
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-tso⁴
    • Yale: mài-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maytzuoh
    • Palladius: майцзо (majczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màizuòr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màizuòr
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-tso⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: mài-dzwòr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maytzuoll
    • Palladius: майцзор (majczor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶ zo⁶
    • Yale: maaih joh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ dzo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ zo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² t͡sɔː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bē-chō
    • Tâi-lô: bē-tsō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexzoi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be³³⁻²¹ t͡sɤ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-chǒ
    • Tâi-lô: māi-tsǒ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mãi⁴¹⁻²² t͡so²²/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōe-chō
    • Tâi-lô: buē-tsō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boexzoi
    • IPA (Taipei): /bue³³⁻¹¹ t͡so³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: māi-chō
    • Tâi-lô: māi-tsō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maixzoi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mãi²²⁻²¹ t͡so²²/

Adjective

賣座

1. drawing large audiences (of a theater, movie, etc.)

   成為史上最賣座的電影 [MSC, trad.]
   成为史上最卖座的电影 [MSC, simp.]

   chéngwéi shǐshàng zuì màizuò de diànyǐng [Pinyin]

   to become the highest-grossing movie of all time

2. attracting large numbers of customers (of a restaurant, teahouse, etc.)