# 上座
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shàngzuò
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng$^6$ zo$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-chǒ / siōng-chō / siāng-chō
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shàngzuò
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shàngzuò
*** Wade–Giles: shang$^4$-tso$^4$
*** Yale: shàng-dzwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtzuoh
*** Palladius: шанцзо (šanczo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$上坐 上座
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soeng$^6$ zo$^6$
*** Yale: seuhng joh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soeng$^6$ dzo$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêng$^6$ zo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːŋ²² t͡sɔː²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-chǒ
*** Tâi-lô: siōng-tsǒ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡so²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-chō
*** Tâi-lô: siōng-tsō
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngzoi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡so²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-chō
*** Tâi-lô: siāng-tsō
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngzoi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡so²²/

#### Noun

上座
* (literary) seat of honor

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shàngzuò
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng$^5$ zo$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shàngzuò
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shàngzuò
*** Wade–Giles: shang$^4$-tso$^4$
*** Yale: shàng-dzwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtzuoh
*** Palladius: шанцзо (šanczo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$上坐 上座
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (上座兒／上座儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shàngzuòr
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shàngzuòr
*** Wade–Giles: shang$^4$-tso$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: shàng-dzwòr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqtzuoll
*** Palladius: шанцзор (šanczor)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔɻ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soeng$^5$ zo$^6$
*** Yale: séuhng joh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soeng$^5$ dzo$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêng$^5$ zo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœːŋ¹³ t͡sɔː²²/

#### Verb

上座
* to take one's seat
* (of restaurants, theatres, etc.) to have customers come in continuously

### Derived terms

* 上座率
* 上座部 (Shàngzuòbù)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 上 | 座 |
| かみ Grade: 1 | ざ Grade: 6 |
| yutōyomi ||

#### Noun

上(かみ)座(ざ) • (kamiza)
* seat of honor
    Antonym: 下座 (shimoza)
* (theater) the right side of the stage as viewed from the audience; stage left
    Synonym: 上手 (kamite)
    Antonym: 下座 (shimoza)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 上 | 座 |
| じょう Grade: 1 | ざ Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi ||

#### Noun

上(じょう)座(ざ) • (jōza)
* seat of honor; a seat at the head of the table
    Antonym: 下座 (geza)
* (religion) an experienced priest who leads a religious organization
* (Buddhism) chief priest, senior priest; one of the sankō, the three priests who administer certain Buddhist temples
    Hypernym: 三綱 (sankō)
* (Zen Buddhism) one of the ranks for monks in the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism

#### See also

* 僧階(そうかい) (sōkai, “rank of a monk”)
* 曹洞宗(そうとうしゅう) (Sōtōshū, “Sōtō school”)
* 高座(こうざ) (kōza, “an elevated seat; a pulpit”)