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): ㄒㄧㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ haa⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhek-hā / sit-hā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sisià
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsia⁴
  - Yale: syī-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishiah
  - Palladius: сися (sisja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    膝下
    西夏
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ haa⁶
  - Yale: sāt hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ haː²²/
Southern Min
- (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

(literally) at one's knees
(figuratively) children
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

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