對號入座

Chinese

		towards; to	name; number	to take one's seat
trad. (對號入座)		對	號	入座
simp. (对号入座)		对	号	入座

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duìhàorùzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄠˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi³ hou⁶ jap⁶ zo⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tùi-hō-ji̍p-chō

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dui³ ho⁷ rib⁸ zo⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duìhàorùzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄠˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duèihàorùzuò
    • Wade–Giles: tui⁴-hao⁴-ju⁴-tso⁴
    • Yale: dwèi-hàu-rù-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueyhawruhtzuoh
    • Palladius: дуйхаожуцзо (dujxaožuczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duìhàorrùzuòr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄠˋㄦ ㄖㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duèihàorrùzuòr
    • Wade–Giles: tui⁴-hao⁴-ʼrh-ju⁴-tso⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dwèi-hàur-rù-dzwòr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueyhawlruhtzuoll
    • Palladius: дуйхаоржуцзор (dujxaoržuczor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deoi³ hou⁶ jap⁶ zo⁶
    • Yale: deui houh yahp joh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doey³ hou⁶ jap⁹ dzo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dêu³ hou⁶ yeb⁶ zo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯³³ hou̯²² jɐp̚² t͡sɔː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-hō-ji̍p-chō
    • Tâi-lô: tuì-hō-ji̍p-tsō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duie'hoixjibzoi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui²¹⁻⁴¹ hɤ³³⁻²¹ zip̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɤ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dui³ ho⁷ rib⁸ zo⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tùi hō ji̍p tsō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ho¹¹ d͡zip̚⁴⁻² t͡so¹¹/

Idiom

對號入座

1. (literally) to take one's seat according to the number (on the ticket); to take the assigned seat
2. (figurative) to match people with descriptions; to associate oneself with something that appears similar; to take something personally

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 食認／食认