下院

下院

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	courtyard; institution
simp. and trad. (下院)		下	院

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàyuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ jyun^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiàyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahyuann
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ y̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ jyun^6-2
    • Yale: hah yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ jyn^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ yun²
    • IPA ^(key): /häː²² jyːn²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

下院

1. Synonym of 下議院／下议院 (xiàyìyuàn).

Antonyms

• 上院 (shàngyuàn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
下	院
か Grade: 1	いん Grade: 3
kan’on	kan’yōon

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かいん [kàíń] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) か​いん [káꜜìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ĩɴ]
  • Homophones: 火印, 花陰, 華音, 訛音, 過飲, 禍因, 課員

Noun

下院 (hiragana かいん, rōmaji kain, historical hiragana かゐん)

1. a lower house

   アメリカ合 (がっ)衆 (しゅう)国 (こく)下 (か)院 (いん)

   Amerika Gasshūkoku Kain

   the United States House of Representatives

See also

• 衆 (しゅう)議 (ぎ)院 (いん) (Shūgiin)
• 議 (ぎ)会 (かい) (gikai)
• 上 (じょう)院 (いん) (jōin)