冷板凳

Chinese

		cold	wooden bench or stool; chair
trad. (冷板凳)		冷	板凳
simp. #(冷板凳)		冷	板凳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěngbǎndèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄉㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěngbǎndèng [Phonetic: léngbǎndèng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄉㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěngbǎndèng
    • Wade–Giles: lêng³-pan³-têng⁴
    • Yale: lěng-bǎn-dèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leengbaandenq
    • Palladius: лэнбаньдэн (lɛnbanʹdɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěngbǎndèngr [Phonetic: léngbǎndèngr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄅㄢˇ ㄉㄥˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěngbǎndèngr
    • Wade–Giles: lêng³-pan³-têng⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: lěng-bǎn-dèngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leengbaandenql
    • Palladius: лэнбаньдэнр (lɛnbanʹdɛnr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤ̃ɻ⁵¹/

Noun

冷板凳

1. (historical) seat for the (leisurely and slighted) teachers in private schools in old times
2. (figurative) relaxed and unimportant post; back seat; cold reception; cold shoulder

Derived terms

• 坐冷板凳 (zuò lěngbǎndèng)