下行

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
simp. and trad. (下行)		下	行
anagram		行下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ hang⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hā-hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàsíng
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-hsing²
    • Yale: syà-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahshyng
    • Palladius: сясин (sjasin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ hang⁴
    • Yale: hah hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² hɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: hā-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxheeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha⁴¹⁻²² hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ha²²⁻²¹ hiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²³/

Verb

下行

1. to go downstream
2. (Taiwan, of trains) to go down to the south
3. (Mainland China, of trains) to go in the opposite direction of the capital (Beijing)
4. to send to lower authorities (as of documents)
5. (of prices, indexes, etc.) to fall

   經濟下行／经济下行  ―  jīngjì xiàxíng  ―  to have an economic downturn

Usage notes

In Mainland China, trains going in the opposite direction of Beijing (i.e. "down" trains) have odd-numbered train codes.

Antonyms

• 上行 (shàngxíng)