粵

之zi1下haa6

zi1 haa6zhī xià

English

  1. under
  2. beneath
  3. less than
  4. spatially below; under; often appears in the construction "喺 ... 之下 hai2 ... zi1 haa6" or "在 ... 之下 zoi6 ... zi1 haa6"
  5. subjected to or under an external force, dominion, circumstance, etc.; often appears in the construction "喺 ... 之下 hai2 ... zi1 haa6" or "在 ... 之下 zoi6 ... zi1 haa6"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 表示兩者相比嘅話,前者嘅程度或者水平低過後者;通常以「喺……之下」定「在……之下」嘅句式出現
  2. 受到某樣嘢影響;喺某種情況、條件

Examples

  • 喺呢種情況之下,我地冇辦法成功。

    Under such circumstances, we cannot succeed.

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 相比之下,回想返一柞字型相似嘅字母並唔係明顯難過回想一柞字型唔似嘅字母。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 太阳之下无新事。

    Nothing new under the sun.

    Tatoeba · jiangche CC BY

  • 你之下在整些喃样?

    What are you doing right now?

    Tatoeba · offdare CC BY

  • 桥在重压之下倒塌了。

    The bridge crashed under the pressure.

    Tatoeba · Ben26 CC BY

  • 泳池被隱藏在地板之下。

    The swimming pool is hidden under the floor.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 喺颱風影響之下,香港未來幾日都有驟雨。

    Due to the typhoon (literally: under the influence of), there will be some showers over the next few days.

  • 一名男子被困山泥之下,消防員用咗兩個鐘頭將佢救番出嚟。

    A man was trapped under the mud and firemen spent two hours rescuing him. ----

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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