下蔡

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	surname
trad. (下蔡)		下	蔡
simp. #(下蔡)		下	蔡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiàcài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄘㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiàcài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄘㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siàcài
    • Wade–Giles: Hsia⁴-tsʻai⁴
    • Yale: Syà-tsài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiahtsay
    • Palladius: Сяцай (Sjacaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

下蔡

1. (archaic) Xiacai (present day Fengtai County, Anhui)

References

• Fengtai County on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 凤台县 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Luo, Guanzhong (2006) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 15, page 193, note 12 (in Mandarin), →ISBN