上五寸下五寸

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	five	a unit of length	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	five	a unit of length
simp. and trad. (上五寸下五寸)		上	五	寸	下	五	寸
Literally: “five Chinese inches above the ankle and five Chinese inches below the knee”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ ng⁵ cyun³ haa⁶ ng⁵ cyun³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ ng⁵ cyun³ haa⁶ ng⁵ cyun³
    • Yale: seuhng ńgh chyun hah ńgh chyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ ng⁵ tsyn³ haa⁶ ng⁵ tsyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ ng⁵ qun³ ha⁶ ng⁵ qun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² ŋ̍¹³ t͡sʰyːn³³ haː²² ŋ̍¹³ t͡sʰyːn³³/

Noun

上五寸下五寸

1. (Cantonese, anatomy) midpoint of the tibia