下士

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad. (下士)		下	士

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hǎ-sǐr / hā-sū / hēe-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: syà-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahshyh
    • Palladius: сяши (sjaši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: hah sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-sǐr
    • Tâi-lô: hǎ-sǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² sɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-sū
    • Tâi-lô: hā-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxsu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-sū
    • Tâi-lô: hēe-sū
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ su²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 下士

1. corporal (U.S. and British Army, British Air Force, U.S. and British Marine Corps)
2. petty officer third class (U.S. Navy)
3. petty officer second class (British Navy)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (下士):

• → Japanese: 下士(かし) (kashi)
• → Korean: 하사(下士) (hasa)
• → Vietnamese: hạ sĩ (下士)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
下	士
か Grade: 1	し Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕi]

Noun

下(か)士(し) • (kashi) 

1. a person of poor upbringing and character
2. a low ranking samurai

See also

• 上(じょう)士(し) (jōshi)