下去

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàqù

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàqù → xiàqu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄑㄩˋ → ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄑㄩ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàcyů
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-chʻü⁵
  - Yale: syà-chyu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah.chiuh
  - Palladius: сяцюй (sjacjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/ → /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ heoi³
  - Yale: hah heui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ hoey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ hêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² hɵy̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâ-hi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ha´ hi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ha¹ hi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ha²⁴⁻¹¹ hi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-khì
  - Tâi-lô: hā-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haxqix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-khìr
  - Tâi-lô: hǎ-khìr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² kʰɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-khì
  - Tâi-lô: hēe-khì
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/

Verb

下去

to go down
(used after a verb) down (away from oneself)
Used as a complement to a verb:
1. down (indicating motion to a lower or farther position)
  扔下去 ― rēng xiàqù ― to toss downwards
2. on (to continue; to go on); down (e.g. passed down)
  堅持下去／坚持下去 ― jiānchí xiàqù ― to keep going; to carry on
  
  沒法看下去／没法看下去 ― méi fǎ kàn xiàqù ― unable to continue watching
  
  這個習俗被一代一代地傳下去。 [MSC, trad.]
  这个习俗被一代一代地传下去。 [MSC, simp.]
  Zhè ge xísú bèi yīdài yīdài de chuán xiàqù. [Pinyin]
  This custom was passed down from one generation to another.

Synonyms

(to go down):

Dialectal synonyms of 下去 (“to go down”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		下去
Mandarin	Beijing	下去
	Taiwan	下去
	Singapore	下去
Cantonese	Guangzhou	落去
	Hong Kong	落去
	Singapore (Guangfu)	落去
Gan	Nanchang	下去
Hakka	Meixian	落去
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	下去
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	下去
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	下去
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	落去
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	下去
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	落去
Jin	Taiyuan	下去
Southern Min	Xiamen	落去
	Quanzhou	落去
	Jinjiang	落去
	Zhangzhou	落去
	Taipei	落去
	Kaohsiung	落去
	Singapore (Hokkien)	落去
	Manila (Hokkien)	落去
	Chaozhou	落去
	Shantou	落去
	Singapore (Teochew)	落去
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	落去
Wu	Shanghai	下去
Wu	Wenzhou	走落

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