# 下子
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiàzi
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haa$^5$ zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàzi
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàzi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: hsia$^4$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: syà-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah.tzy
*** Palladius: сяцзы (sjaczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haa$^5$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: háh jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haa$^5$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ha$^5$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /haː¹³ t͡siː³⁵/

#### Classifier

下子
* (colloquial) Classifier for the number of occurrences of an action: time

#### Noun

下子
* a skill; a trick

##### Derived terms

* 兩下子／两下子 (liǎngxiàzi)
* 有兩下子／有两下子 (yǒu liǎngxiàzi)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiàzǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄗˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàzǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàzǐh
*** Wade–Giles: hsia$^4$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: syà-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahtzyy
*** Palladius: сяцзы (sjaczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàzǐr
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄗˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàzǐhr
*** Wade–Giles: hsia$^4$-tzŭ$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: syà-dzǐr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahtzeel
*** Palladius: сяцзыр (sjaczyr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡sz̩ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

#### Verb

下⫽子 (verb-object)
* to sow (seeds)
* to lay eggs

##### Synonyms

* (to sow seeds):
* 下種／下种
* 播
* 撒種／撒种 (sǎzhǒng)
* 播種／播种
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 下種 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 播種, 撒種, 下種, 下子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 播種, 撒種 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 下種, 播種 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 下種 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 下種 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 撒種 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 下子, 下種 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 下種 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 播種, 撒種 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 播種, 撒種 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 下種, 播種 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 播種 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 下種, 落種 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 撒秧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 撒秧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 播種 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 下種 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 下秧 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 下種 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 下種 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 下種 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 下秧 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 下秧 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 下秧 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 下秧 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 下秧 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 下秧 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 下秧 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 下種 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 下秧, 下種 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 下種 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 下種, 下穀種 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 落穀 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 種子子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 滴子兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 下種, 撒種 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 䆊種 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 掖種, 放種, 落種, 落塗 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 掖種, 掖子, 落種, 落塗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 掖種, 掖子, 放子, 落種, 落塗 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 掖種 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 掖種, 落塗 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 掖種 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 下秧 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 撒種 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 下種子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 下種 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 間種 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 下種 |