對號入座

Chinese

		towards; to	name; number
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

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 ㄏㄠˋㄦㄖㄨˋ 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

(literally) to take one's seat according to the number (on the ticket); to take the assigned seat
(figurative) to match people with descriptions; to associate oneself with something that appears similar; to take something personally; to respond to criticism without having being named

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 食認／食认