首座

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
simp. and trad. (首座)		首	座
alternative forms		首坐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² zo⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-chō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuzuò
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-tso⁴
    • Yale: shǒu-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooutzuoh
    • Palladius: шоуцзо (šouczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² zo⁶
    • Yale: sáu joh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² dzo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² zo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɔː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-chō
    • Tâi-lô: siú-tsō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siwzoi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡so²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡so⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡so²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡so³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɤ³³/

Noun

首座

1. seat of honour; top seat
2. (Buddhism) abbot