下堂

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	(main) hall; large room
simp. and trad. (下堂)		下	堂
anagram		堂下

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàtáng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ tong⁴
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ha¹ tong²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàtáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàtáng
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-tʻang²
  - Yale: syà-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahtarng
  - Palladius: сятан (sjatan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ tong⁴
  - Yale: hah tòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ tong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ tong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² tʰɔːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ha¹ tong²
  - Sinological IPA: /ha⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰɔŋ¹¹/

Verb

下堂

(archaic) to exit a palace building or other similar structure
(archaic, of a woman) to be divorced by her husband
(dialectal Mandarin, Hakka, Jin, Northern Min, Jiangle Min) to finish class

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 下課 (“to finish class”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		下課
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	下課
	Taiwan	下課
	Harbin	下課
	Shenyang	下課
	Malaysia	下課
	Singapore	下課
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	下課
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	下課
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	下課
	Wanrong	下課, 下堂 dated
	Xi'an	下課, 下堂
	Xining	下課
	Xuzhou	下課
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	下課
	Lanzhou	下課
	Ürümqi	下課
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	下課
	Wuhan	下課, 下堂
	Guiyang	下課
	Kunming	下課
	Guilin	下課
	Liuzhou	下課
	Nanning (Wuming)	下課
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	下課
	Yangzhou	下課
	Hefei	下課
Cantonese	Guangzhou	落堂, 落課
	Hong Kong	落堂
	Taishan	落堂, 落課
	Taishan (Guanghai)	下堂, 下課
	Dongguan	落堂, 落課
	Yangjiang	落堂, 落課
	Qinzhou	落課
	Mandalay (Taishan)	下堂
Gan	Nanchang	下課
	Lichuan	下課
	Pingxiang	下課
Hakka	Meixian	下堂, 下課
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	下課
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	下課
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	下課
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	下課
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	下課
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	下課
	Kuching (Hepo)	下課
Huizhou	Jixi	下課
Jin	Taiyuan	下課
Jin	Xinzhou	下課, 下堂
Northern Min	Jian'ou	下課
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	落堂
Eastern Min	Fuqing	落堂
Southern Min	Xiamen	落課
	Quanzhou	落課
	Zhangzhou	落課
	Taipei	落課, 下課
	Singapore (Hokkien)	落課
	Manila (Hokkien)	落課
	Guilin (Biyange)	落課
	Chaozhou	落堂
	Shantou	落堂
	Jieyang	落堂
	Phnom Penh (Teochew)	落堂
	Pontianak (Teochew)	落堂
	Leizhou	落課, 落堂
	Haikou	落課, 落堂 dated
Puxian Min	Putian	落課
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	下課
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	下課, 落課
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	下課, 落課
	Xianyou	下課
	Xianyou (Fengting)	下課
	Xianyou (Youyang)	下課
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	落課
Wu	Shanghai	下課
	Shanghai (Chongming)	退課
	Suzhou	下課
	Danyang	下課
	Hangzhou	下課, 落課, 退課
	Ningbo	落課
	Wenzhou	退課, 退班, 落堂
	Jinhua	退班, 落課, 落班
Xiang	Changsha	下課
	Loudi	下課
	Shuangfeng	下課

Derived terms

下堂妻
糟糠之妻不下堂 (zāokāng zhī qī bù xiàtáng)

Pronunciation 2

Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xia⁵ dan²

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: xia⁵ dan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ tan¹³/

Verb

下堂

(Xiang) to go with a remarried mother (of a small child)

Synonyms

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Changsha Xiang) 隨母下堂／随母下堂