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下策

下策

Chinese

		under; second; next under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter	method; plan; policy method; plan; policy; scheme
simp. and trad. (下策)		下	策

Noun

下策

bad plan; unwise decision; worst thing to do; stupid move

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiàcè

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄘㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ caak³
Min Nan (POJ): hǎ-chhiak / hā-chhek / hēe-chhek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàcè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄘㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahtseh
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ caak³
  - Yale: hah chaak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ tsaak⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑː²² t͡sʰɑːk̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-chhiak
  - Tâi-lô: hǎ-tshiak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² t͡ɕʰiak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-chhek
  - Tâi-lô: hā-tshik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haxzheg
  - IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-chhek
  - Tâi-lô: hēe-tshik
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/