陛下

Chinese

		the steps to the throne	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (陛下)		陛	下
simp. ^#(陛下)		陛	下

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bìxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bìsià
  - Wade–Giles: pi⁴-hsia⁴
  - Yale: bì-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshiah
  - Palladius: бися (bisja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bai⁶ haa⁶
  - Yale: baih hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²² haː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi-ha
  - Hakka Romanization System: bi ha
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bi⁴ ha⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵ ha⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bê-hâ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ɑ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pē-hā
  - Tâi-lô: pē-hā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pexha
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pe²²⁻²¹ ha²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pe⁴¹⁻²² ha⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe²²⁻²¹ ha²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pe³³⁻¹¹ ha³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe³³⁻²¹ ha³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bi⁶ ê⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pĭ ĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵⁻¹¹ e³⁵/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	下
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xià
Middle Chinese	‹ hæ^X ›
Old Chinese	/*ɡˁraʔ/
English	down
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

陛下

Sino-Xenic (陛下):

陛下 on Japanese Wikipedia

陛(へい)下(か) • (heika)

(rare, attributive) down the steps to the emperor's palace, looking up
Coordinate terms: 閣下, 猊下, 殿下
(monarchy) Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
Coordinate terms: 閣下, 猊下, 殿下

天(てん)皇(のう)陛(へい)下(か)
Tennō Heika
His Imperial Majesty the Emperor

皇(こう)后(ごう)陛(へい)下(か)
Kōgō Heika
Her Imperial Majesty the Empress (Consort)

天(てん)皇(のう)皇(こう)后(ごう)両(りょう)陛(へい)下(か)
Tennō Kōgō Ryōheika
Their Imperial Majesties the Emperor and Empress (Consort)

女(じょ)王(おう)陛(へい)下(か)
Jōu Heika
Her Royal Majesty the Queen (Regnant)
- 2004 May 1, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “第(だい)28話(わ)　揺(ゆ)れる王(おう)国(こく)”, in ファイアーエムブレム覇者の剣, volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 150–151:
  勘(かん)違(ちが)いされては困(こま)る　貴(き)様(さま)のためになど戦(たたか)うつもりは毛(もう)頭(とう)ない！わしをつき動(うご)かすのは国王陛下(モルドレッド様)への忠(ちゅう)誠(せい)心(しん)のみ！
  Kanchigai sarete wa komaru Kisama no tame ni nado tatakau tsumori wa mōtō nai! Washi o tsukiugokasu no wa Kokuō Heika (Morudoreddo-sama) e no chūseishin nomi!
  Make no mistake, I have no intention of fighting for you! I am doing it only because I swore allegiance to His Majesty!

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Hanja in this term
陛	下

陛下 • (pyeha) (hangeul 폐하)

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
陛	下

陛下