下部

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	ministry; department; section ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; (a measure word); (a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.)
simp. and trad. (下部)		下	部
anagram		部下

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàbù

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ bou⁶
Min Nan (POJ): ē-pō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahbuh
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàbù
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕjä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ bou⁶
  - Yale: hah bouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ bou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ bou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /häː²² pou̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ē-pō͘
  - Tâi-lô: ē-pōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: expo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /e²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /e⁴¹⁻²² pɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /e²²⁻²¹ pɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /e³³⁻¹¹ pɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /e³³⁻²¹ pɔ³³/

Noun

下部

lower part; lower portion; substructure
(euphemistic) genitalia region
the last part (in a television or book series)

Antonyms

上部 (shàngbù)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
下	部
か Grade: 1	ぶ Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 下部 (hæ^X buw^X).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) かぶ [káꜜbù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [ka̠bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

下部 (hiragana かぶ, rōmaji kabu)

lower part

Antonyms

上部 (じょうぶ) (jōbu)

Derived terms

下部構造 (かぶこうぞう) (kabukōzō)
視床下部 (ししょうかぶ) (shishōkabu, “hypothalamus”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
下	部
しも Grade: 1	べ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Compound of 下 (shimo) +‎ 部 (be).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) しもべ [shìmóbé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) しもべ [shìmóbéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [ɕimo̞be̞]

Alternative forms

僕

Noun

下部 (hiragana しもべ, rōmaji shimobe)

manservant; servant

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
下	部

Noun

下部 • (habu) (hangeul 하부)

Hanja form^? of 하부 (“lower part”).

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