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下去

下去

Chinese

		under; second; next under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter	to go; to leave; to remove
simp. and trad. (下去)		下	去

Verb

下去

to go down
(used after a verb) down (away from oneself)

Synonyms

落去 (lo̍h-khì, lo̍h-khù)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiàqù

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ heoi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hâ-hi
Min Nan (POJ): hǎ-khìr / hā-khì / hēe-khì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàqù → xiàqu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄩˋ → ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄩ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah.chiw
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/ → /ɕi̯a̠⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ heoi³
  - Yale: hah heui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ hoey³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑː²² hɵy̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâ-hi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ha´ hi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ha¹ hi⁴
  - IPA: /ha²⁴⁻¹¹ hi⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-khìr
  - Tâi-lô: hǎ-khìr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² kʰɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-khì
  - Tâi-lô: hā-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haxqix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-khì
  - Tâi-lô: hēe-khì
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/