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下限

下限

Chinese

		under; second; next under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter	limit; bound
simp. and trad. (下限)		下	限

Noun

下限

lower limit; minimum
節操無下限 / 节操无下限 ― jiécāo wú xiàxiàn ― [slang] shameless

Antonyms

上限 (shàngxiàn)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiàxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ haan⁶
Min Nan (POJ): hǎ-hǎn / hā-hān / hēe-ān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: xiàxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahshiann
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    下線／下线
    下限
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ haan⁶
  - Yale: hah haahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ haan⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑː²² hɑːn²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-hǎn
  - Tâi-lô: hǎ-hǎn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² han²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-hān
  - Tâi-lô: hā-hān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haxhan
  - IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ han³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ han³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ han²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-ān
  - Tâi-lô: hēe-ān
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ an²²/