下首

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
simp. and trad. (下首)		下	首
alternative forms		下手 “side of lower priority”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-shou³
    • Yale: syà-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahshoou
    • Palladius: сяшоу (sjašou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ sau²
    • Yale: hah sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² sɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 下首

1. side of lower priority or less honour (right-hand seat or side facing outside)
2. (literary) plant
3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 下手 (xiàshǒu, “player whose turn comes next”).

Verb

下首

1. to hang upside down; (figurative) to be in dire straits