閣下
See also: 阁下
Chinese
council-chamber; shelf | under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter | ||
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trad. (閣下) | 閣 | 下 | |
simp. (阁下) | 阁 | 下 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gok3 haa6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koh-hǎ / koh-hā / kok-hēe / kok-hā
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gésià
- Wade–Giles: ko2-hsia4
- Yale: gé-syà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gershiah
- Palladius: гэся (gɛsja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɤ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gok3 haa6
- Yale: gok hah
- Cantonese Pinyin: gok8 haa6
- Guangdong Romanization: gog3 ha6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɔːk̚³ haː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koh-hǎ
- Tâi-lô: koh-hǎ
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ko(ʔ)⁵ ha²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koh-hā
- Tâi-lô: koh-hā
- Phofsit Daibuun: koihha
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ha³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ko(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ha³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ko(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ha²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-hēe
- Tâi-lô: kok-hēe
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ hɛ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-hā
- Tâi-lô: kok-hā
- Phofsit Daibuun: kokha
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 閣下
- (literary) Your Excellency; His or Her Excellency; Your Honour
- (archaic) at the foot of a tower or pavilion
Usage notes
Originally a term of respect toward members of the nobility; became a more generic term of respect later on.
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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閣 | 下 |
かく > かっ Grade: 6 |
か Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Noun
- (your, his, her) Excellency
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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閣 | 下 |
Noun
Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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閣 | 下 |
Pronoun
閣下
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