# 下課
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiàkè
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄎㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haa$^6$ fo$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ha-kho
* Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): ha$^5$ kor$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hā-khò / hǎ-khò / hēe-khò
* Wu (Suzhou, Wugniu): $^6$gho-khou$_5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàkè
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄎㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàkè
*** Wade–Giles: hsia$^4$-kʻo$^4$
*** Yale: syà-kè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahkeh
*** Palladius: сякэ (sjakɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haa$^6$ fo$^3$
*** Yale: hah fo
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haa$^6$ fo$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ha$^6$ fo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /haː²² fɔː³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha-kho
*** Hakka Romanization System: ha ko
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ha$^4$ ko$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ha⁵⁵ kʰo⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ha$^5$ kor$^4$ [Phonetic: ha$^1$ kor$^4$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ha²¹⁻⁵⁵ kʰɒ⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-khò
*** Tâi-lô: hā-khò
*** Phofsit Daibuun: haxqoix
*** IPA (Taipei): /ha³³⁻¹¹ kʰo¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ha³³⁻²¹ kʰɤ²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ kʰo²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-khò
*** Tâi-lô: hǎ-khò
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² kʰo⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-khò
*** Tâi-lô: hēe-khò
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ kʰo²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gho-khou$_5$
*** MiniDict: gho$^去$ khou$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦo²³ kʰəu¹¹/

### Verb

下⫽課 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* (of both students and teachers) to finish class; to get out of school
* (figurative) to be fired; to be dismissed
* (Malaysia, Singapore) to have break time; to have recess

#### Synonyms

* (to finish class):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 下課 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 下課 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 下課 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 下課 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 下課 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 下課 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 下課 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 下課 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 下課 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 下課 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 下課, 下堂 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 下課, 下堂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 下課 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 下課 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 下課 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 下課 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 下課 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 下課 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 下課, 下堂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 下課 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 下課 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 下課 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 下課 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 下課 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 下課 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 下課 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 下課 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 落堂, 落課 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 落堂 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 落堂, 落課 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 下堂, 下課 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 落堂, 落課 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 落堂, 落課 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 落課 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 下堂 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 下課 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 下課 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 下課 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 下堂, 下課 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 下課 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 下課 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 下課 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 下課 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 下課 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 下課 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 下課 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 下課 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 下課 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 下課, 下堂 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 下課 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 落堂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 落堂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 落課 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 落課 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 落課 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 落課, 下課 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 落課 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 落課 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 落課 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 落堂 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 落堂 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 落堂 |
| Southern Min | Phnom Penh (Teochew) | 落堂 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 落堂 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 落課, 落堂 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 落課, 落堂 dated |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 落課 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 下課 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 下課, 落課 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 下課, 落課 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 下課 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 下課 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 下課 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 落課 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 下課 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 退課 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 下課 |
| Wu | Danyang | 下課 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 下課, 落課, 退課 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 落課 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 退課, 退班, 落堂 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 退班, 落課, 落班 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 下課 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 下課 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 下課 |

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to finish class”): 上課／上课 (shàngkè)

### Further reading

* “下課”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.