下面

See also: 下麵

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (下面)		下	面

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàmiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ min⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ě-bīn / ē-bīn / ēe-bīn / hǎ-biān / hā-biān / hēe-biān

(Teochew, Peng'im): ê⁶ ming⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gho-mi
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xia⁵ mienn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàmiàn → xiàmian (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ → ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄇㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàmiån
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-mien⁵
  - Yale: syà-myan
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah.miann
  - Palladius: сямянь (sjamjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ mi̯ɛn¹/
  - Homophones:
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    下面
    下麵／下面
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàmiànr → xiàmianr (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋㄦ → ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄇㄧㄢㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàmiånr
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-mien⁵-ʼrh
  - Yale: syà-myanr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah.miall
  - Palladius: сямяньр (sjamjanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɑɻ⁵¹/ → /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ mi̯ɑɻ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ min⁶
  - Yale: hah mihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ min⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ min⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² miːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ě-bīn
  - Tâi-lô: ě-bīn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /e²² bin⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-bīn
  - Tâi-lô: ē-bīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: exbin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ bin³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ bin³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ bin²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ēe-bīn
  - Tâi-lô: ēe-bīn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɛ²²⁻²¹ bin²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-biān
  - Tâi-lô: hǎ-biān
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² biɛn⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-biān
  - Tâi-lô: hā-biān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haxbien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ biɛn²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-biān
  - Tâi-lô: hēe-biān
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ biɛn²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ê⁶ ming⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ĕ mīng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /e³⁵⁻¹¹ miŋ¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gho-mi
  - MiniDict: gho^去 mi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hho-mi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦo²² mi⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: xia⁵ mienn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠²¹⁻¹¹ mi̯ẽ³/

Noun

下面

Synonyms

(below):

Dialectal synonyms of 下面 (“below; under”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		下面
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	底下, 下頭, 下邊兒
	Taiwan	下面, 底下, 下頭, 下邊
	Harbin	下面, 下面兒, 下邊兒拉
	Malaysia	下面
	Singapore	下面
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	下頭, 下邊兒, 底下
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	底下, 下邊, 下頭, 下面兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	下頭
	Wanrong	底下
	Xi'an	底下, 下頭
	Xining	下頭, 底下
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	下頭, 底下
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	下頭, 底下
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	底下, 下頭, 下邊, 下面
	Wuhan	底下, 下頭, 下邊
	Guiyang	下頭, 下邊, 底下, 下頭邊, 透底 dated
	Guilin	底下
	Liuzhou	下面, 底下
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	下面
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	下面
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	底下, 下頭, 下面
	Yangzhou	底下
	Hefei	下頭, 底下
Cantonese	Guangzhou	下便, 下低, 下底, 落便, 落邊, 落低
	Hong Kong	下便, 下低
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	下底
	Macau	下面, 下便
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	下低, 下便
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	下低
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	下低, 下便
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	下便
	Foshan	下低, 下便
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	下便
	Foshan (Shunde)	下低
	Foshan (Sanshui)	下便
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	下邊
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	下便
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	下便
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	下便
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	下便
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	下底, 下便
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	底下
	Taishan	下便, 瓦下
	Kaiping (Chikan)	瓦下
	Enping (Niujiang)	打下, 下便
	Heshan (Yayao)	下便, 下底
	Dongguan	下底
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	下便
	Yangjiang	下低
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	下便
	Singapore (Guangfu)	下便
Gan	Nanchang	下頭, 底下, 下底
Hakka	Meixian	下背, 底下
	Xingning	下背
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	下底
	Huiyang	底下, 腳下
	Huidong (Daling)	下背
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	下邊
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	下邊
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	下背
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	下背, 底下
	Wengyuan	下背
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	下背
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	下背
	Liannan	下背
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	下背
	Jiexi	下背
	Luhe	下頭
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	下頭
	Changting	下背
	Wuping	下背
	Wuping (Yanqian)	下背
	Wuping (Pingyu)	下背
	Liancheng	下背
	Ninghua	下邊, 下面
	Yudu	下里
	Ningdu	下高
	Ruijin	下交
	Shicheng	下交, 下向
	Shangyou (Shexi)	下腦
	Tonggu (Sandu)	下背
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	底下
	Dayu	下里
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	下背, 下頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	下背, 下頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	下背, 下頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	下背, 下頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	下背, 下頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	下腳, 下頭
	Hong Kong	下邊
	Mengshan (Xihe)	下面
	Luchuan	䐁底
	Senai (Huiyang)	底下
	Kuching (Hepo)	下背
	Bangkok (Meixian)	下背
Huizhou	Jixi	底下
Jin	Taiyuan	底下, 下頭, 下面
Jin	Xinzhou	下頭, 底下
Northern Min	Jian'ou	下邊, 下底
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	下底
	Fuzhou (Changle)	下底
	Fuqing	下底, 下頭
	Yongtai	下底
	Fu'an	下底
	Ningde	下爿
	Shouning	下面
	Zhouning	下爿
	Fuding	下底
	Matsu	下底
Southern Min	Xiamen	下跤, 下面, 下底
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	下底
	Quanzhou	下跤, 下面, 下底
	Jinjiang	下跤, 下底
	Hui'an	下底
	Yongchun	底面, 底跤
	Dehua	下跤
	Zhangzhou	下跤, 下面, 下底
	Taipei	下跤
	Kaohsiung	下跤
	Yilan	下跤
	Changhua (Lukang)	下跤
	Taichung	下跤
	Taichung (Wuqi)	下面
	Tainan	下面
	Taitung	下跤
	Hsinchu	下跤
	Penghu (Magong)	下跤
	Penang (Hokkien)	下底
	Singapore (Hokkien)	下跤, 下面, 下底
	Manila (Hokkien)	下跤, 下面, 下底
	Chaozhou	下爿
	Shantou	下爿, 下跤
	Shantou (Chenghai)	下爿, 下跤
	Jieyang	下爿
	Lufeng	下跤
	Haifeng	跤下
	Bangkok (Teochew)	下爿
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	下跤
	Singapore (Teochew)	下爿
	Haikou	下邊
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	落頭, 下頭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	底下, 下底
Wu	Shanghai	下頭, 下面, 下底, 下底頭, 底下, 底下頭, 下首 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	下頭, 底下
	Suzhou	下頭, 底下
	Danyang	下頭
	Hangzhou	下頭
	Ningbo	下底, 下頭
	Wenzhou	下面, 下轉
	Jinhua	底下
Xiang	Changsha	下頭, 底下, 腳下
	Loudi	下頭, 底下, 柢下
	Shuangfeng	下頭, 底下

(next in order): 下邊／下边 (xiàbian)
(subordinates):

下屬／下属 (xiàshǔ)
下級／下级 (xiàjí)
下跤手 (Hokkien)
下邊／下边
手下 (shǒuxià)
部下 (bùxià)
部屬／部属 (bùshǔ)
馬仔／马仔 (maa⁵ zai²) (Cantonese)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “subordinates”):

上司 (shàngsī)
上峰 (shàngfēng) (dated)
上級／上级 (shàngjí)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (下面):

→ Japanese: 下(か)面(めん) (kamen)
→ Korean: 하면(下面) (hamyeon)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 下面 – see 下麵 (“to cook noodles”). (This term is the simplified form of 下麵).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.