Cantonese Dictionary

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坐好
Mandarin: zuo4 hao3
to sit properly; to sit up straight
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坐定
Mandarin: zuo4 ding4
to be seated
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坐定定
Mandarin: zuo4 ding4 ding4
sit tight
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坐幾籠
Mandarin: zuo4 ji3 long2
Simplified: 坐几笼
to spend a few years in prison [colloquial]
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坐廁
sit-down toilet
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坐廟
Mandarin: zuo4 miao4
Simplified: 坐庙
the sexual position where the woman is sitting on top of the man [colloquial]
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坐廣角式
[yoga] Wide Angle Forward Extending
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坐式
[yoga] sitting poses
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坐扭曲式
[yoga] Ardha Matsyendrasana, Spinal Twist
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坐月
Mandarin: zuo4 yue4
sitting the month: woman's special care during first month after childbirth (short for 坐月子)
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坐月子
Mandarin: zuo4 yue4 zi5
sitting the month: woman's special care during first month after childbirth
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坐梗
Mandarin: zuo4 geng3
Cantonese
certainly to sit on… [a spot]; certainly to have… [a position]
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坐正
Mandarin: zuo4 zheng4
literal meaning or translation: to sit up straight; normally to describe a person who is dying to do something (usually to get promoted at work) and finally manages to get what they want; to be formally raised | promoted to a certain status
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坐法
Mandarin: zuo4 fa3
to be punished for a crime
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坐波監
Mandarin: zuo4 bo1 jian1
Simplified: 坐波监
when a player is penalized, having to sit out on a yellow card and cannot play in ball games for a certain period of time
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坐浴盆
Mandarin: zuo4 yu4 pen2
bidet — in some bathrooms, esp. those in continental Europe, a small low basin with taps, for washing one's private area
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坐滿
full seating; "a full house" with no seats left
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坐火車
(to travel) by train
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坐牢
Mandarin: zuo4 lao2
to be in prison; to be in jail | Cant.: 坐監
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坐班
Mandarin: zuo4 ban1
to keep office hours
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坐監
Mandarin: zuo4 jian1
Simplified: 坐监
(verb) to be locked up in jail or prison
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坐盤
Mandarin: zuo4 pan2
Simplified: 坐盘
to hold a position [colloquial]
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坐直升機
Mandarin: zuo4 zhi2 sheng1 ji1
Cantonese
1. ride in a helicopter 2. to swiftly get promoted
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坐移民監
Mandarin: zuo4 yi2 min2 jian1
Simplified: 坐移民监
lit. serving a immigration jail sentence, meaning one has to stay in a country for a certain period of time being granted residency or citizenship
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坐穩船
Mandarin: zuo4 wen3 chuan2
Simplified: 坐稳船
a good luck wish for those departing by sea
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坐穩車
Mandarin: zuo4 wen3 che1
Simplified: 坐稳车
a good luck wish for those departing by car or bus (on land)
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坐船
Mandarin: zuo4 chuan2
to go on a boat
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坐花廳
Mandarin: zuo4 hua1 ting1
Simplified: 坐花厅
to go to jail (an old saying)
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坐蓮
Mandarin: zuo4 lian2
Simplified: 坐莲
the sexual position where the woman is sitting on top of the man [colloquial]
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坐起身
Mandarin: zuo4 qi3 shen1
To sit up
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