下首
Chinese
under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter |
head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems | ||
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| simp. and trad. (下首) |
下 | 首 | |
| alternative forms | 下手 “side of lower priority” | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiàshǒu
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siàshǒu
- Wade–Giles: hsia4-shou3
- Yale: syà-shǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahshoou
- Palladius: сяшоу (sjašou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: haa6 sau2
- Yale: hah sáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: haa6 sau2
- Guangdong Romanization: ha6 seo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /haː²² sɐu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Noun
下首
- side of lower priority or less honour (right-hand seat or side facing outside)
- (literary) plant
- alternative form of 下手 (xiàshǒu, “player whose turn comes next”)
- (Shanghainese, dated) below; beneath; bottom; under
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 下面 (“below; under”) [map]
Verb
下首
- to hang upside down; (figurative) to be in dire straits