部下

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou⁶ haa⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phu-ha
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pō͘-hā / pǒ͘-hǎ / pō͘-hēe / pō͘-ēe / pō͘-ē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùsià
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: bù-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buhshiah
    • Palladius: буся (busja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou⁶ haa⁶
    • Yale: bouh hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou⁶ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou⁶ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯²² haː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phu-ha
    • Hakka Romanization System: pu ha
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pu⁴ ha⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰu⁵⁵ ha⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-hā
    • Tâi-lô: pōo-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poxha
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ ha³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ ha³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ ha²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǒ͘-hǎ
    • Tâi-lô: pǒo-hǎ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ²² ha²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-hēe
    • Tâi-lô: pōo-hēe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ hɛ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-ēe
    • Tâi-lô: pōo-ēe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔ²²⁻²¹ ɛ²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pō͘-ē
    • Tâi-lô: pōo-ē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poxe
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ³³⁻²¹ e³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ³³⁻¹¹ e³³/

Noun

部下

1. (military) troops under one's command
2. (military) subordinate; underling

Synonyms

• (troops under one's command):

• 師徒／师徒 (shītú) (Classical Chinese)
• 戎行 (róngháng) (literary)
• 武裝／武装 (wǔzhuāng)
• 行伍 (hángwǔ) (dated or historical)
• 軍旅／军旅 (jūnlǚ) (literary)
• 軍隊／军队 (jūnduì)
• 部屬／部属 (bùshǔ) (troops under one's command)
• 部眾／部众 (bùzhòng) (literary, troops under one's command)
• 部隊／部队 (bùduì)
• 隊伍／队伍 (duìwǔ)
• 隊列／队列 (duìliè) (formation)
• 麾下 (huīxià) (archaic, troops under one's command)

 

• (subordinate):

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

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “subordinate”):

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

 

Japanese

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

Noun

部(ぶ)下(か) • (buka) 

1. subordinate (one who is subordinate)

Korean

Hanja in this term
部	下

Noun

部下 • (buha) (hangeul 부하)

1. hanja form^? of 부하 (“subordinate”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
部	下

Noun

部下

1. chữ Hán form of bộ hạ (“subordinate; inferior”).