下
Meanings · haa5
- measure word to show the frequency of an action
Meanings · haa6
- down
- downwards
- below, under, underneath
- lower
- later
- next (week etc)
- second (of two parts)
- to decline
- to go down
- to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- inferior
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Tone difference from Unihan
- 下 is read haa5 here; Unihan’s citation reading is haa6. Same syllable, different tone across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 下 haa5 as its own entry.
Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 下 xià CC-CEDICT · Mandarindown; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; …
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: xia4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 37 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
haa5 · haa6
Cantonese word readings for 下. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- lower part of; under; beneath
- under the influence of; with
- lower; located below
- later; next
- (literary, archaic) lesser (that which is lower in rank, quality, or significance)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) inferior, poor
- (literary or Xiang) low
character · Etymology 1
- to go down; to descend (as complement) downwards; down
- to go down; to descend (as complement) downwards; down — (as complement) completely, thoroughly
- to get out of; to leave; to alight; to get off
- to get out of; to leave; to alight; to get off — to finish, to complete
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to go to somewhere considered poor or inferior
- to give or issue something to an inferior person
- to give or issue something to an inferior person — to send an invitation
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to stay the night
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to conquer
- (colloquial) short for 下載 (“to download”)
- (colloquial) short for 下線 (“to log out”)
character · Etymology 1
- (transitive) (with limited objects, often figuratively) to put something down — to use; to start doing something; to put in an effort
- (transitive) (with limited objects, often figuratively) to put something down — to sow; to plant
- (transitive) (with limited objects, often figuratively) to put something down — to give money; to put in capital
- (transitive) (with limited objects, often figuratively) to put something down — (chiefly Mandarin, Jin) to rain or snow
- (transitive) (with limited objects, often figuratively) to put something down — (chiefly Mandarin, Jin) to give birth (as an animal)
- (transitive) (with limited objects, often figuratively) to put something down — (Mandarin) to move (in chess)
- (transitive) (with limited objects, often figuratively) to put something down — (chiefly Mandarin, Wu) to put food into boiling water
- (transitive) (with limited objects, often figuratively) to put something down — (Hokkien) to bribe
- (transitive) (with limited objects, often figuratively) to put something down — (Min, Taishanese) to put in; to add (a condiment, etc.)
- (transitive) (with limited objects, often figuratively) to put something down — (Hokkien) to load; to ship
- (transitive) (with limited objects, often figuratively) to put something down — (Hokkien) to make a vow
- (transitive) (with limited objects, often figuratively) to put something down — (Hokkien, Ningbonese) to fertilize
- (transitive) (with limited objects, often figuratively) to put something down — (Ningbonese) to fill (ammunition)
- (transitive) (with limited objects, often figuratively) to put something down — (Hakka) to remove, to take off (especially a hat)
character · Etymology 1
- Classifier for the number of occurrences: time
- (colloquial) (as complement) short for 一下 — for a short time; for one moment
- (colloquial) (as complement) short for 一下 — give something a go
- (historical, obsolete) synonym of 點 /点 (diǎn): an ancient unit of time, equal to 24 minutes
character · Etymology 2
- (Eastern, Min, Southern) low; short
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