坐一字

Chinese

		to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, aeroplane, etc.)	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (坐一字)		坐	一	字

Pronunciation

• Northern Min (KCR): cō-ĭ-cī

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cō-ĭ-cī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so⁵⁵ i²⁴ t͡si⁵⁵/

Verb

坐一字

1. (Northern Min) to do the splits

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 劈腿 (“to perform the splits”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		劈腿, 劈叉
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	劈腿
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	劈叉兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	做一字馬
Jin	Taiyuan	劈叉
Northern Min	Jian'ou	坐一字
Southern Min	Xiamen	拆腿
	Quanzhou	拆腿
	Zhangzhou	拆腿
	Tainan	拆腿