下部

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)
simp. and trad. (下部)		下	部
anagram		部下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ bou⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): ē-pō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàbù
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-pu⁴
    • Yale: syà-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahbuh
    • Palladius: сябу (sjabu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ bou⁶
    • Yale: hah bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² pou̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: ē-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: expo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /e⁴¹⁻²² pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /e²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ pɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ pɔ³³/

Noun

下部

1. lower part; lower portion; substructure
2. (euphemistic) genitalia region
3. the last part (in a television or book series)

Antonyms

• 上部 (shàngbù)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
下	部
か Grade: 1	ぶ Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 下部 (hæ^X buw^X).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) か​ぶ [káꜜbù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

下(か)部(ぶ) • (kabu) 

1. lower part

Antonyms

• 上部(じょうぶ) (jōbu)

Derived terms

• 下部構造(かぶこうぞう) (kabukōzō)
• 視床下部(ししょうかぶ) (shishōkabu, “hypothalamus”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
下	部
しも Grade: 1	べ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Compound of 下(しも) (shimo) + 部(べ) (be).

Alternative forms

• 僕

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) しもべ [shìmóbé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) しもべ​ [shìmóbéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕimo̞be̞]

Noun

下(しも)部(べ) • (shimobe) 

1. manservant; servant

Proper noun

下(しも)部(べ) • (Shimobe) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja in this term
下	部

Noun

下部 • (habu) (hangeul 하부)

1. Hanja form^? of 하부 (“lower part”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
下	部

Noun

下部

1. chữ Hán form of hạ bộ (“external male genitalia”).