坐冷板凳

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc.)	seat for the teachers in private schools in old times
simp. and trad. (坐冷板凳)		坐	冷板凳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuò lěngbǎndèng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄉㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): co⁵ laang⁵ baan² dang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuò lěngbǎndèng [Phonetic: zuòléngbǎndèng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄉㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh leengbaandenq
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tɤŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuòlěngbǎndèngr [Phonetic: zuòléngbǎndèngr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄉㄥˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohleengbaandenglh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tɤ̃ɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: co⁵ laang⁵ baan² dang³
  - Yale: chóh láahng báan dang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tso⁵ laang⁵ baan² dang³
  - Guangdong Romanization: co⁵ lang⁵ ban² deng³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː¹³ lɑːŋ¹³ pɑːn³⁵ tɐŋ³³/

Verb

坐冷板凳

(figuratively) to hold an unimportant post and be neglected; to be sidelined; to be given the cold shoulder

坐穿冷板凳 ― zuò chuān lěngbǎndèng ― (please add an English translation of this example)

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