坐鎮

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc.)	composed; small town; to suppress composed; small town; to suppress; to press down; to post
trad. (坐鎮)		坐	鎮
simp. (坐镇)		坐	镇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòzhèn

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zo⁶ zan³
Min Nan (POJ): chěr-tìn / chō-tìn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuòzhèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄣˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohjenn
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zo⁶ zan³
  - Yale: joh jan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo⁶ dzan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zo⁶ zen³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː²² t͡sɐn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chěr-tìn
  - Tâi-lô: tsěr-tìn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sə²² tin⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-tìn
  - Tâi-lô: tsō-tìn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoixdixn
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ tin²¹/

Verb

坐鎮

to personally attend to garrison duty; to assume personal command (of a commander)

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