做東

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See also: 做东

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	east
trad. (做東)		做	東
simp. (做东)		做	东

Etymology

In ancient China, houses were oriented north and south. The host usually seats on the east side while the guest seats at the western side.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòdōng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ dung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-tong / chò-tong / choh-tong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuòdōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuòdong
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-tung¹
  - Yale: dzwò-dūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohdong
  - Palladius: цзодун (czodun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ dung¹
  - Yale: jouh dūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ dung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ dung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-tong
  - Tâi-lô: tsuè-tong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'dofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chò-tong
  - Tâi-lô: tsò-tong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoirdofng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choh-tong
  - Tâi-lô: tsoh-tong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoihdofng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡so(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

做東

to host; to host somebody
今天我做東，明天輪到你了！ [MSC, trad.]
今天我做东，明天轮到你了！ [MSC, simp.]
Jīntiān wǒ zuòdōng, míngtiān lúndào nǐ le!
Today, I'll invite you to dinner and tomorrow it'll be your turn!

今晚我做東。／今晚我做东。 ― Jīnwǎn wǒ zuòdōng. ― It is my treat tonight.
(Southern Min) to act as dealer (in gambling)

Synonyms

(to act as dealer): 做莊／做庄 (zuòzhuāng)

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