下子

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (下子)		下	子

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁵ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: syà-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah.tzy
    • Palladius: сяцзы (sjaczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁵ zi²
    • Yale: háh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁵ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁵ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː¹³ t͡siː³⁵/

Classifier

下子

1. (colloquial) Classifier for the number of occurrences of an action: time

Noun

下子

1. a skill; a trick

Derived terms

• 兩下子／两下子 (liǎngxiàzi)
• 有兩下子／有两下子 (yǒu liǎngxiàzi)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄗˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: syà-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahtzyy
    • Palladius: сяцзы (sjaczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàzǐr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄗˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàzǐhr
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-tzŭ³-ʼrh
    • Yale: syà-dzǐr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahtzeel
    • Palladius: сяцзыр (sjaczyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡sz̩ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

下⫽子 (verb-object)

1. to sow (seeds)
2. to lay eggs

Synonyms

• (to sow seeds):

• 下種／下种
• 播
• 撒種／撒种 (sǎzhǒng)
• 播種／播种

 

Dialectal synonyms of 播種 (“to sow seeds”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		下種
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		播種, 撒種, 下種, 下子
Mandarin	Taiwan	播種, 撒種
	Jinan	下種, 播種
	Yinchuan	撒種
	Lanzhou	下子, 下種
	Xining	下種
	Ürümqi	下種
	Liuzhou	播種, 撒種
	Xuzhou	下種
	Yangzhou	下種, 播種
	Nanjing	播種, 撒種
Cantonese	Guangzhou	落種
	Hong Kong	播種
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	下種, 落種
	Macau	落種
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	落種
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	撒秧
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	撒秧
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	落種
	Foshan	播種
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	落種
	Foshan (Shunde)	落種
	Foshan (Sanshui)	下種
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	下秧
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	下種
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	下種
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	落種
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	下種
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	下秧
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	下秧
	Taishan	下秧
	Kaiping (Chikan)	下秧
	Enping (Niujiang)	下秧
	Heshan (Yayao)	下秧
	Dongguan	落種
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	下秧
Gan	Lichuan	下種
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	下秧, 下種
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	下種
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	下種, 下穀種
	Conghua (Lütian)	落穀
Jin	Taiyuan	種子子
	Xinzhou	滴子兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	下種, 撒種
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	䆊種
Southern Min	Xiamen	掖種, 放種, 落種, 落塗
	Quanzhou	掖種, 掖子, 落種, 落塗
	Zhangzhou	掖種, 掖子, 放子, 落種, 落塗
	Tainan	掖種
	Jieyang	掖種, 落塗
	Haikou	掖種
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	下秧
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	撒種
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	下種子
	Hangzhou	下種
	Wenzhou	間種
Xiang	Changsha	下種