下課

See also: 下课

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	subject; class; lesson
trad. (下課)		下	課
simp. (下课)		下	课

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ fo³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ha-kho
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hā-khò / hǎ-khò / hēe-khò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàkè
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-kʻo⁴
    • Yale: syà-kè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahkeh
    • Palladius: сякэ (sjakɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ fo³
    • Yale: hah fo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ fo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ fo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² fɔː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha-kho
    • Hakka Romanization System: ha ko
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ha⁴ ko⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ha⁵⁵ kʰo⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-khò
    • Tâi-lô: hā-khò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxqoix
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ kʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ kʰɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ kʰo²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-khò
    • Tâi-lô: hǎ-khò
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² kʰo⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-khò
    • Tâi-lô: hēe-khò
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ kʰo²¹/

Verb

下課

1. (of both students and teachers) to finish class; to get out of school
2. (figurative) to be fired; to be dismissed

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 下課 (“to finish class”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		下課
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	下課
	Taiwan	下課
	Harbin	下課
	Shenyang	下課
	Malaysia	下課
	Singapore	下課
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	下課
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	下課
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	下課
	Wanrong	下課, 下堂 dated
	Xi'an	下課, 下堂
	Xining	下課
	Xuzhou	下課
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	下課
	Lanzhou	下課
	Ürümqi	下課
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	下課
	Wuhan	下課, 下堂
	Guiyang	下課
	Kunming	下課
	Guilin	下課
	Liuzhou	下課
	Nanning (Wuming)	下課
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	下課
	Yangzhou	下課
	Hefei	下課
Cantonese	Guangzhou	落堂, 落課
	Hong Kong	落堂
	Taishan	落堂, 落課
	Taishan (Guanghai)	下堂, 下課
	Dongguan	落堂, 落課
	Yangjiang	落堂, 落課
	Qinzhou	落課
	Mandalay (Taishan)	下堂
Gan	Nanchang	下課
	Lichuan	下課
	Pingxiang	下課
Hakka	Meixian	下堂, 下課
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	下課
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	下課
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	下課
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	下課
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	下課
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	下課
	Kuching (Hepo)	下課
Huizhou	Jixi	下課
Jin	Taiyuan	下課
	Xinzhou	下課, 下堂
Northern Min	Jian'ou	下課
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	落堂
	Fuqing	落堂
Southern Min	Xiamen	落課
	Quanzhou	落課
	Zhangzhou	落課
	Taipei	落課, 下課
	Singapore (Hokkien)	落課
	Manila (Hokkien)	落課
	Guilin (Biyange)	落課
	Chaozhou	落堂
	Shantou	落堂
	Jieyang	落堂
	Phnom Penh (Teochew)	落堂
	Pontianak (Teochew)	落堂
	Leizhou	落課, 落堂
	Haikou	落課, 落堂 dated
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	落課
Wu	Shanghai	下課
	Shanghai (Chongming)	退課
	Suzhou	下課
	Danyang	下課
	Hangzhou	下課, 落課, 退課
	Ningbo	落課
	Wenzhou	退課, 退班, 落堂
	Jinhua	退班, 落課, 落班
Xiang	Changsha	下課
	Loudi	下課
	Shuangfeng	下課

Antonyms

• 上課／上课 (shàngkè)

Further reading

• “Entry #53362”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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