下嫁

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	marry (a husband)
trad. (下嫁)		下	嫁
simp. #(下嫁)		下	嫁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàjià

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ gaa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hā-kà

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàjià
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàjià
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-chia⁴
    • Yale: syà-jyà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahjiah
    • Palladius: сяцзя (sjaczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ gaa³
    • Yale: hah ga
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ gaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ ga³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² kaː³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 下嫁 下架

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-kà
    • Tâi-lô: hā-kà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxkax
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ ka²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha⁴¹⁻²² ka⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ha²²⁻²¹ ka²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ ka¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ ka²¹/

Verb

下嫁

1. (of a woman) to marry beneath oneself; to marry someone in a lower social class than oneself; to marry a humble man

   • 雖則王姬亦下嫁於諸侯，車服不繫其夫，下王后一等。猶執婦道，以成肅雝之德也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     虽则王姬亦下嫁于诸侯，车服不系其夫，下王后一等。犹执妇道，以成肃雍之德也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Preface to Mao's Odes (Commentary on the Classic of Poetry), mid 2^nd century BCE

     Suīzé wángjī yì xiàjià yú zhūhóu, chēfú bù jì qí fū, xià wánghòu yīděng. Yóu zhí fùdào, yǐ chéng sùyōng zhī dé yě. [Pinyin]

     Though she was thus of royal birth, and in descending to marry one of the princes, she was not restricted in her carriages and robes by her husband's rank, and they were only one degree inferior to the queen's, yet she was firmly observant of wifely duty, and displayed the virtues of reverence and harmony.