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): ㄓㄒㄧㄚˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi¹ xia⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ haa⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi-hǎ / chi-hā / chi-hēe / chi-ě

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhīxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - 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): /t͡ɕi³³ ha²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-hā
  - Tâi-lô: tsi-hā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ci'ha
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² ha²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ ha³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-hēe
  - Tâi-lô: tsi-hēe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² hɛ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi-ě
  - Tâi-lô: tsi-ě
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕi³³ e²²/

Postposition

之下

(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

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