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

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
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
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