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手下

手下

Chinese

		hand; convenient; -er	under; second; next under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (手下)		手	下
anagram		下手

Adjective

手下

(as a suffix) subordinate to

Japanese

Kanji in this term
手	下
て Grade: 1	した Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

手下 ‎(hiragana てした, romaji teshita)

underling, henchman

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shǒuxià

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² haa⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-ha / sú-hâ
Min Nan (POJ): chhiú-ē / chhiú-hā / chhiú-ē

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǒuxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooushiah
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯a̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² haa⁶
  - Yale: sáu hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² haa⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ hɑː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-ha / sú-hâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: su` ha / su` ha´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su³ ha⁴ / su³ ha¹
  - IPA: /su³¹ ha⁵⁵/, /su³¹ ha²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú-ē / chhiú-hā / chhiú-ē
  - Tâi-lô: tshiú-ē / tshiú-hā / tshiú-ē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiwe, chiw'ha, chiwe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ e²²/, /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ha²²/, /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ e²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ e⁴¹/, /t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ha⁴¹/, /t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ e⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ e²²/, /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ha²²/, /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ e²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ e³³/, /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ha³³/, /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ e³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ e³³/, /t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ha³³/, /t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ e³³/