下作

下作

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do to regard as; to take (somebody) for; to do; to make
simp. and trad. (下作)		下	作

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàzuo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄗㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ zok³
• Min Nan (POJ): hǎ-chok / hā-choh / hā-chok / hēe-chok / hē-choh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiàzuo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄗㄨㄛ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah.tzuo
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ d͡z̥u̯ɔ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ zok³
    • Yale: hah jok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ dzok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ zog³
    • IPA ^(key): /häː²² t͡sɔːk̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-chok
    • Tâi-lô: hǎ-tsok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² t͡sɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-choh
    • Tâi-lô: hā-tsoh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxzoiq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ t͡sɤʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ t͡soʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-chok
    • Tâi-lô: hā-tsok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxzog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-chok
    • Tâi-lô: hēe-tsok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ t͡sɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē-choh
    • Tâi-lô: hē-tsoh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hexzoiq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /he³³⁻²¹ t͡sɤʔ³²/

Adjective

下作

1. low-down; mean; obscene; dirty
2. (dialectal) gluttonous; greedy for food

Noun

下作

1. (dialectal) assistant; helper