下凡

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	ordinary; every; all ordinary; every; all; whatever; worldly
simp. and trad. (下凡)		下	凡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàfán

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄈㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ faan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hâ-fàm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hā-hoān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàfán
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄈㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàfán
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-fan²
    • Yale: syà-fán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahfarn
    • Palladius: сяфань (sjafanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ fän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ faan⁴
    • Yale: hah fàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ faan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ fan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² faːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâ-fàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: ha^ˊ fam^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ha¹ fam²
    • Sinological IPA: /ha²⁴ fam¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-hoān
    • Tâi-lô: hā-huān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxhoan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ huan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha⁴¹⁻²² huan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ha²²⁻²¹ huan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ huan³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ huan³³/

Verb

下凡

1. to descend to the mortal world

   仙人下凡  ―  xiānrén xiàfán  ―  a celestial being descends into the mortal world

Synonyms

• 下界 (xiàjiè)
• (Jinhua) 落凡

Derived terms

• 仙女下凡