下家

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (下家)		下	家
anagram		家下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ gaa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ē-ke

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàjia
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-chia¹
    • Yale: syà-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahjia
    • Palladius: сяцзя (sjaczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàjiār
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàjiar
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-chia¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: syà-jyār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahjial
    • Palladius: сяцзяр (sjaczjar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ gaa¹
    • Yale: hah gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² kaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-ke
    • Tâi-lô: ē-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: exkef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /e⁴¹⁻²² ke³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /e²²⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/

Noun

下家

1. next one in a sequence
   1. next persons to whom goods are sold in a pyramid selling structure; client
   2. (games) next player; player whose turn comes next
   3. (colloquial) next person for oneself to depend on; new partner, lover, employer, etc.

      找下家  ―  zhǎo xiàjiā  ―  to find a new lover for oneself (after a breakup, becoming unemployed)

Antonyms

• 上家 (shàngjiā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
下	家
しも Grade: 1	ちゃ Grade: 2
kun’yomi	irregular

Etymology

From 下 (shimo, “end, low”) + Chinese 家 (jiā, “-er”).

Noun

下家(しもチャ) or 下家(シモチャ) • (shimocha) 

1. (mahjong) the opponent on the player's right; player on the right

Coordinate terms

• 上家(カミチャ) (kamicha, “player on the left”)
• 対面(トイメン) (toimen, “player across”)

See also

• 自(じ)風(かぜ) (jikaze)