坐冷板凳

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	seat for the teachers in private schools in old times
trad. (坐冷板凳)		坐	冷板凳
simp. ^#(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)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuò lěngbǎndèng [Phonetic: zuòléngbǎndèng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄉㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuò lěngbǎndèng
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴ lêng³-pan³-têng⁴
  - Yale: dzwò lěng-bǎn-dèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh leengbaandenq
  - Palladius: цзо лэнбаньдэн (czo lɛnbanʹdɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuòlěngbǎndèngr [Phonetic: zuòléngbǎndèngr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄉㄥˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuòlěngbǎndèngr
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-lêng³-pan³-têng⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: dzwò-lěng-bǎn-dèngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohleengbaandenql
  - Palladius: цзолэнбаньдэнр (czolɛnbanʹdɛnr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤ̃ɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: co⁵ laang⁵ baan² dang³
  - Yale: chóh láahng báan dang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tso⁵ laang⁵ baan² dang³
  - Guangdong Romanization: co⁵ lang⁵ ban² deng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː¹³ laːŋ¹³ paːn³⁵ tɐŋ³³/

Verb

坐冷板凳

(figurative) 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 ― to be given the cold shoulder throughout

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