下里

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	neighbourhood; village
simp. and trad. (下里)		下	里

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-li³
    • Yale: syà-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahlii
    • Palladius: сяли (sjali)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ lei⁵
    • Yale: hah léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² lei̯¹³/

Noun

下里

1. (literary) outskirts; remote area
2. (archaic, humble) popular art or literature; one's own work of art or literature
3. (literary) the underworld