下放

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out
simp. and trad. (下放)		下	放
anagram		放下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàfàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄈㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ fong³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hǎ-hòng / hā-hòng / hēe-hòng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hia⁶ huang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàfàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄈㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàfàng
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-fang⁴
    • Yale: syà-fàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahfanq
    • Palladius: сяфан (sjafan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ fong³
    • Yale: hah fong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ fong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ fong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² fɔːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-hòng
    • Tâi-lô: hǎ-hòng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² hɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-hòng
    • Tâi-lô: hā-hòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxhoxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-hòng
    • Tâi-lô: hēe-hòng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hia⁶ huang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiă huàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hia³⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ²¹³/

Verb

下放

1. to transfer (power or authority) to a lower level
2. to send (someone) to the countryside (to do manual work for "reeducation")

Derived terms

• 下放青年 (xiàfàng qīngnián)