下部

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)
simp. and trad. (下部)		下	部
anagram		部下

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàbù

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ bou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ē-pō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàbù
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pu⁴
  - Yale: syà-bù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahbuh
  - Palladius: сябу (sjabu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ bou⁶
  - Yale: hah bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ bou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² pou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: ē-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: expo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /e⁴¹⁻²² pɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /e²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ pɔ³³/

Noun

下部

lower part; lower portion; substructure
(euphemistic) genitalia region
the last part (in a television or book series)

Antonyms

上部 (shàngbù)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
下	部
か Grade: 1	ぶ Grade: 3
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 下部 (hæ^X buw^X).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かぶ [káꜜbù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠bɯ̟]

Noun

下(か)部(ぶ) • (kabu)

lower part

Antonyms

上部(じょうぶ) (jōbu)

Derived terms

下部構造(かぶこうぞう) (kabukōzō)
視床下部(ししょうかぶ) (shishōkabu, “hypothalamus”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
下	部
しも Grade: 1	べ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Compound of 下(しも) (shimo, “lower”) + 部(べ) (be, “servant to the imperial court”).^[3]^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しもべ [shìmóbé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) しもべ [shìmóbéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕimo̞be̞]

Noun

For pronunciation and definitions of 下部 – see the following entry.

【僕しもべ】S

[noun] [from 1001] manservant, servant

[noun] [from 720] a man of low social status, a follower of someone else

[noun] [from 1120] a low-ranking civil servant

Alternative spelling
隷

(This term, 下部, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Proper noun

下(しも)部(べ) • (Shimobe)

a male given name

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
下	部

Noun

下部 • (habu) (hangeul 하부)

hanja form^? of 하부 (“lower part”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
下	部

Noun

下部

chữ Hán form of hạ bộ (“external male genitalia”)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJ-3] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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