臣下

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Chinese

		statesman; vassal; courtier statesman; vassal; courtier; minister; official	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (臣下)		臣	下

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chénxià

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ haa⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chénxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chénsià
  - Wade–Giles: chʻên²-hsia⁴
  - Yale: chén-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernshiah
  - Palladius: чэнься (čɛnʹsja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san⁴ haa⁶
  - Yale: sàhn hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ haː²²/

Noun

臣下

official in feudal court; retainer; subject

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臣	下
しん Grade: 4	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

臣(しん)下(か) • (shinka)

retainer; subject; liege; vassal

Korean

Hanja in this term
臣	下

Noun

臣下 • (sinha) (hangeul 신하)

Hanja form^? of 신하 (“retainer; subject; liege; vassal”).

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