膝下
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Chinese
knee | under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter | ||
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sisià
- Wade–Giles: hsi1-hsia4
- Yale: syī-syà
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishiah
- Palladius: сися (sisja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
- Homophones:
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- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sat1 haa6
- Yale: sāt hah
- Cantonese Pinyin: sat7 haa6
- Guangdong Romanization: sed1 ha6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐt̚⁵ haː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek-hā / sit-hā
- Tâi-lô: tshik-hā / sit-hā
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhekha, sitha
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ha²²/, /sit̚³²⁻⁴ ha²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ha⁴¹/, /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ha⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ha²²/, /sit̚³²⁻⁵ ha²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/, /sit̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/, /sit̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/
- (Hokkien)
Noun
- (literally) at one's knees
- (figuratively) children
- salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents