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Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	method; plan; policy method; plan; policy; scheme
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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàcè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄘㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ caak³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hǎ-chhiak / hā-chhek / hēe-chhek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàcè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄘㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàcè
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-tsʻê⁴
    • Yale: syà-tsè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahtseh
    • Palladius: сяцэ (sjacɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ caak³
    • Yale: hah chaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ tsaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ cag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² t͡sʰaːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-chhiak
    • Tâi-lô: hǎ-tshiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² t͡sʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-chhek
    • Tâi-lô: hā-tshik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxzheg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-chhek
    • Tâi-lô: hēe-tshik
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/

Noun

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1. bad plan; unwise decision; worst thing to do; stupid move