上座

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	seat; base; stand seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
simp. and trad. (上座)		上	座

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngzuò

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ zo⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-chǒ / siōng-chō / siāng-chō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngzuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngzuò
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-tso⁴
  - Yale: shàng-dzwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtzuoh
  - Palladius: шанцзо (šanczo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    上坐
    上座
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ zo⁶
  - Yale: seuhng joh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ dzo⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ zo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² t͡sɔː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-chǒ
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-tsǒ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡so²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-chō
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-tsō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngzoi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡so²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-chō
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-tsō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngzoi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡so²²/

Noun

上座

(literary) seat of honor

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngzuò

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ zo⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngzuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngzuò
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-tso⁴
  - Yale: shàng-dzwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtzuoh
  - Palladius: шанцзо (šanczo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    上坐
    上座
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (上座兒／上座儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngzuòr
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngzuòr
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-tso⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: shàng-dzwòr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtzuoll
  - Palladius: шанцзор (šanczor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ zo⁶
  - Yale: séuhng joh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ dzo⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ zo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ t͡sɔː²²/

Verb

上座

to take one's seat
(of restaurants, theatres, etc.) to have customers come in continuously

Derived terms

上座率
上座部 (Shàngzuòbù)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
上	座
かみ Grade: 1	ざ Grade: 6
yutōyomi

Noun

上(かみ)座(ざ) • (kamiza)

seat of honor
Antonym: 下座 (shimoza)
(theater) the right side of the stage as viewed from the audience; stage left
Synonym: 上手 (kamite)

Antonym: 下座 (shimoza)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
上	座
じょう Grade: 1	ざ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

上(じょう)座(ざ) • (jōza)

seat of honor; a seat at the head of the table
Antonym: 下座 (geza)
(religion) an experienced priest who leads a religious organization
(Buddhism) chief priest, senior priest; one of the sankō, the three priests who administer certain Buddhist temples
Hypernym: 三綱 (sankō)
(Zen Buddhism) one of the ranks for monks in the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism

See also

僧階(そうかい) (sōkai, “rank of a monk”)
曹洞宗(そうとうしゅう) (Sōtōshū, “Sōtō school”)
高座(こうざ) (kōza, “an elevated seat; a pulpit”)

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