上上下下

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	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	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (上上下下)		上	上	下	下

Etymology

AABB-type reduplication of 上下 (shàngxià)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngshàngxiàxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ soeng⁶ haa⁶ haa⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sông-sông-hâ-hâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngshàngxiàxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngshàngsiàsià
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-shang⁴-hsia⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: shàng-shàng-syà-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqshanqshiahshiah
    • Palladius: шаншансяся (šanšansjasja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ soeng⁶ haa⁶ haa⁶
    • Yale: seuhng seuhng hah hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ soeng⁶ haa⁶ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ sêng⁶ ha⁶ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² sœːŋ²² haː²² haː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sông-sông-hâ-hâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: song´ song´ ha´ ha´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song¹ song¹ ha¹ ha¹
    • Sinological IPA: /soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ha²⁴⁻¹¹ ha²⁴/

Idiom

上上下下

1. everybody; all; the whole
2. high and low; old and young; above and below; up and down