卻下

See also: 却下

Chinese

		but; yet; however but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (卻下)		卻	下
simp. (却下)		却	下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quèxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quèxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuèsià
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: chywè-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuehshiah
    • Palladius: цюэся (cjuesja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khjak haeH

Rime
Character	卻	下
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	去約切	胡駕切
Baxter	khjak	haeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨɐk̚/	/ɦˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɐk̚/	/ɦᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiɑk̚/	/ɣaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɨak̚/	/ɦaɨH/
Li Rong	/kʰiak̚/	/ɣaH/
Wang Li	/kʰĭak̚/	/ɣaH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ak̚/	/ɣaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	que	xià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoek3	haa6

Verb

卻下

1. (archaic) to drop; to fall

   • 玉階生白露，
     夜久侵羅襪。
     卻下水晶簾，
     玲瓏望秋月。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     玉阶生白露，
     夜久侵罗袜。
     却下水晶帘，
     玲珑望秋月。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. the 8^th century, Li Bai (李白),《玉階怨》, translated by Rewi Alley

     Yùjiē shēng báilù,
     Yè jiǔ qīn luówà.
     Quèxià shuǐjīnglián,
     Línglóng wàng qiūyuè. [Pinyin]

     On the jade steps
     in front of her room,
     in the night she stands
     with the dew wetting
     her socks, so that she
     goes back into the house
     pulling down the bright
     crystal screen through
     which she gazes
     at the autumn moon.
     
     Here is an alternative translation:
     The marble steps with dew grow white,
     It soaks her gauze socks late at night.
     She lowers then the crystal screen
     And gazes at the moon, pale and bright.
     Tr. Wan Zhaofeng