膝下

膝下

Chinese

		knee	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (膝下)		膝	下
simp. #(膝下)		膝	下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ haa⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): chhek-hā / sit-hā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisià
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsia⁴
    • Yale: syī-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishiah
    • Palladius: сися (sisja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕjä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ haa⁶
    • Yale: sāt hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ haː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek-hā / sit-hā
    • Tâi-lô: tshik-hā / sit-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhekha, sitha
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ha²²/, /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ ha²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ha⁴¹/, /ɕit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ha⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ha²²/, /ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ ha²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/, /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/, /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/

Noun

膝下

1. (literally) at one's knees
2. (figuratively) children
3. salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents

Derived terms

承歡膝下／承欢膝下 (chénghuān xīxià) 男兒膝下有黃金／男儿膝下有黄金 (nán'ér xīxià yǒu huángjīn) 膝下無兒／膝下无儿

膝下無子／膝下无子 膝下猶虛／膝下犹虚