seat位

Chinese

			position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (seat位)		seat	位
alternative forms		sit位

Etymology

English seat +‎ 位 (wai^6-2, “seat”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sit¹ wai^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sit¹ wai^6-2
    • Yale: sīt wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁷ wai^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xid¹ wei^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːt̚⁵ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

seat位

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) vehicle seat (especially in privately-owned vehicles); bicycle seat
   • 2012, 回到三國 [Three Kingdoms RPG], episode 1, spoken by 司馬信 (馬國明):

     我冇啊！我係報復，我淨係諗住搵老鼠膠黐佢seat位，整蠱佢之嘛！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     我冇啊！我系报复，我净系谂住揾老鼠胶黐佢seat位，整蛊佢之嘛！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ mou⁵ aa³! ngo⁵ hai⁶ bou³ fuk⁶, ngo⁵ zing⁶ hai⁶ nam² zyu⁶ wan² lou⁵ syu² gaau¹ ci¹ keoi⁵ sit¹ wai^6-2, zing² gu² keoi⁵ zi¹ maa³! [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)