之下

Chinese

		's; him/her/it; this	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (之下)		之	下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhīxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi¹ xia⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ haa⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi-hǎ / chi-hā / chi-hēe / chi-ě

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihsià
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-hsia⁴
    • Yale: jr̄-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyshiah
    • Palladius: чжися (čžisja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zi¹ xia⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zxia
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ɕia²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ haa⁶
    • Yale: jī hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ haː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-hǎ
    • Tâi-lô: tsi-hǎ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³ ha²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-hā
    • Tâi-lô: tsi-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ci'ha
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ ha³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² ha²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-hēe
    • Tâi-lô: tsi-hēe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² hɛ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-ě
    • Tâi-lô: tsi-ě
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³ e²²/

Postposition

之下

1. (literally, figuratively) below; under; beneath

   相比之下  ―  xiāngbǐ zhīxià  ―  by comparison

   覆巢之下，焉有完卵？ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

   Fù cháo zhīxià, yān yǒu wán luǎn? [Pinyin]

   Under a rolled-over nest, how come that any unbroken egg exists? (rhetorical)

   他的技術水平絕對不在專家之下。 [MSC, trad.]
   他的技术水平绝对不在专家之下。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de jìshù shuǐpíng juéduì bù zài zhuānjiā zhīxià. [Pinyin]

   His technical skill is definitely not inferior to that of a specialist.

Derived terms

• 一人之下，萬人之上 / 一人之下，万人之上 (yīrén zhī xià, wànrén zhī shàng)
• 一氣之下 / 一气之下 (yīqì zhīxià)
• 巖牆之下 / 岩墙之下
• 普天之下 (pǔtiānzhīxià)
• 相形之下
• 破巢之下安有完卵
• 覆巢之下無完卵 / 覆巢之下无完卵 (fùcháozhīxiàwúwánluǎn)
• 重賞之下，必有勇夫 / 重赏之下，必有勇夫
• 香餌之下必有懸魚 / 香饵之下必有悬鱼