下聘

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	betrothed; engage (teacher); hire
trad. (下聘)		下	聘
simp. #(下聘)		下	聘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàpìn, xiàpìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄆㄧㄣˋ, ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄆㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ ping³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàpìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄆㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàpìn
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pʻin⁴
    • Yale: syà-pìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahpinn
    • Palladius: сяпинь (sjapinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰin⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàpìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄆㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàpìng
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pʻing⁴
    • Yale: syà-pìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahpinq
    • Palladius: сяпин (sjapin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ ping³
    • Yale: hah ping
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ ping³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ ping³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² pʰɪŋ³³/

Verb

下聘

1. (dated) to give bride price; to send betrothal gifts and money to the bride (of the bridgroom-to-be's family)

Synonyms

• 下定 (xiàdìng)
• 下聘禮／下聘礼 (xià pìnlǐ)
• 硩定 (Hokkien)
• 行聘 (xíngpìn) (literary or Hakka)
• 送定 (sòngdìng) (literary or Min Nan)