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坐梗co5 gang2certainly to sit on… [a spot]; certainly to have… [a position]坐正co5 zeng3literal meaning or translation: to sit up straight; normally to describe a person who is dying to do something (usually to get promoted at work) and finally manages to get what they want; to be formally raised ; promoted to a certain status坐波監co5 bo1 gaam1when a player is penalized, having to sit out on a yellow card and cannot play in ball games for a certain period of time坐監co5 gaam1(verb) to be locked up in jail or prison坐視zo6 si6to sit and observe without participating or helping坐移民監co5 ji4 man4 gaam1lit. serving a immigration jail sentence, meaning one has to stay in a country for a certain period of time being granted residency or citizenship坐穩船co5 wan2 syun4a good luck wish for those departing by sea坐穩車co5 wan2 ce1a good luck wish for those departing by car or bus (on land)坐穩釣魚船zo6 wan2 diu3 jyu4 syun4to sit stably on the fishing boat, it means one is very confident坐等zo6 dang2Sit and wait坐船co5 syun4to go on a boat坐花廳co5 faa1 teng1to go to jail (an old saying)坐起身co5 hei2 san1To sit up坐霸王車co5 baa3 wong4 ce1fare-dodging坐飛機位co5 fei1 gei1 wai2sitting in the very top section in a theater, stadium, or gymnasium坐食山崩zo6 sik6 saan1 bang1only consuming and not producing坐館zo6 gun2the leader of a triad in Hong Kong坑渠haang1 keoi4(n.) drains; ditch; sewers坑渠油haang1 keoi4 jau4Gutter oil坑渠老鼠haang1 keoi4 lou5 syu2rats; rodents from the gutter坑腩haang1 naam5boneless short rib坡紙bo1 zi2Singapore dollar坢bun6muck坢pun5slope; level; even坣bok3the parapets along highways ; motorways坦桑尼亞聯合共和國taan2 song1 nei4 aa3 lyun4 hap6 gung6 wo4 gwok3United Republic of Tanzania坪洲ping4 zau1the name of a place in Hong Kong: Peng Chau坳胡aau1 wu1scary people in the fairy tales, it is used to scare children坳胡婆aau1 wu1 po2scary women in the fairy tales, it is used to scare children坶muk6an ancient name for a city during Shang Dynasty垂手可得seoi4 sau2 ho2 dak1easily to get it; very easy to acquire, with no effort at all垃圾佬laap6 saap3 lou2street sweeper, street cleaner, a person who collects scraps