殿下でんか

Chinese

		palace hall	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (殿下でんか)		殿しんがり	下した

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diànxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ haa⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thien-ha
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-hā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diànxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diànsià
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: dyàn-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannshiah
    • Palladius: дянься (djanʹsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 奠下 殿下でんか

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: din⁶ haa⁶
    • Yale: dihn hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² haː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 奠下 殿下でんか

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thien-ha
    • Hakka Romanization System: tien ha
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tian⁴ ha⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯en⁵⁵ ha⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-hā
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexnha
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ ha²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² ha⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ ha²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn³³⁻¹¹ ha³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn³³⁻²¹ ha³³/

Noun

殿下でんか

1. Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (殿下でんか):

• → Japanese: 殿しんがり(でん)下した(か) (denka)
• → Korean: 전하(殿下でんか) (jeonha)
• → Vietnamese: điện hạ (殿下でんか)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
殿しんがり	下した
てん Grade: S	か > が Grade: 1
kan'on

Kanji in this term
殿しんがり	下した
でん Grade: S	か Grade: 1
goon	kan'on

Etymology

Literary Chinese 殿下でんか (diànxià)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) でんか [déꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [dẽ̞ŋka̠]

Noun

殿しんがり(でん)下した(か) or 殿しんがり(てん)下した(が) • (denka or tenga) 

1. (rare, attributive) down the steps to the imperial palaces where the emperor's relatives live, looking up

   Coordinate terms: 閣下かっか, 猊下げいか, 陛下へいか

2. (monarchy) Your Highness; His Highness; Her Highness

   Coordinate terms: 閣下かっか, 猊下げいか, 陛下へいか

   皇すめらぎ(こう)太ふとし(たい)子こ(し)殿しんがり(でん)下した(か) / 皇すめらぎ(こう)嗣(し)殿しんがり(でん)下した(か)

   Kōtaishi Denka / Kōshi Denka

   His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince

   三さん(み)笠かさ(かさの)宮みや(みや)殿しんがり(でん)下した(か)

   Mikasa no Miya Denka

   His Imperial Highness the Prince Mikasa

   敬けい(としの)宮みや(みや)殿しんがり(でん)下した(か)

   Toshi no Miya Denka

   Her Imperial Highness the Princess Toshi

   秩(ちち)父ちち(ぶの)宮みや(みや)妃ひ(ひ)殿しんがり(でん)下した(か)

   Chichibu no Miya Hidenka

   Her Imperial Highness the Princess (Consort) Chichibu

   高こう(たか)松まつ(まつの)宮みや(みや)両りょう(りょう)殿しんがり(でん)下した(か)

   Takamatsu no Miya Ryōdenka

   Their Imperial Highnesses the Prince and Princess (Consort) Takamatsu

   エディンバラ公おおやけ(こう)フィリップ王おう(おう)配はい(はい)殿しんがり(でん)下した(か)

   Edinbara Kō Firippu Ōhai Denka

   His Royal Highness the Prince (Consort) Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Usage notes

A form of address with various uses:

• Under the 律令りつりょう (Ritsuryō) system, for the 皇太子こうたいし (Kōtaishi, “Crown Prince”) and the 三后さんこう (Sankō, “Three Empresses”).
• After the Meiji era, for all members of the imperial family except the Emperor and Empresses are addressed as 陛下へいか (Heika, “His/Her Majesty”) instead.
• After the Heian period, also for 摂政せっしょう (sesshō, “regents”), 関白かんぱく (kanpaku, “chancellors”) and 将軍しょうぐん (shōgun).
• For foreign kings, queens and sovereign princes.

Korean

Hanja in this term
殿しんがり	下した

Noun

殿下でんか • (jeonha) (hangeul 전하)

1. hanja form^? of 전하 (“Your/His/Her Highness, Your/His Eminence”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
殿しんがり	下した

Noun

殿下でんか

1. chữ Hán form of điện hạ (“Your/His/Her Highness”).