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(xià) - below, down, under, next in Mandarin

xià

Traditional: 下

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Translation

below, down, under, next

Word origin

The character 下 (xià) 'below, down' is a simple indicative or ideograph: a mark placed beneath a horizontal line to point downward, the mirror image of 上 'up'.

Origin
ideograph
Root
a stroke below a reference line, indicating 'down/below'

Stroke order

Stroke order for 下

下

Examples

？

What is underneath?

？

Who is next?

。

Please sit down.

。

Please put the book down.

雨yǔ。

It is raining outside.

下 (xià) means below, down, under, next. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.

Appears in 17 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 下.

一下yí xiàa moment, once, briefly下来xià láito come down, to descend下去xià qùto go down; to continue, to keep going留下liú xiàto stay behind, to remain; to leave (something) behind坐下zuò xiàto sit down放下fàng xiàto put down, to let go of下面xià miànbelow, under, beneath剩下shèng xiàto be left over, remaining下次xià cìnext time接下来jiē xià láinext, following, what comes next停下tíng xiàto stop, to come to a halt下午xià wǔafternoon陛下bì xiàYour Majesty, His or Her Majesty留下来liú xià láito stay behind, to remain停下来tíng xià láito stop, to come to a halt手下shǒu xiàsubordinate, underling, under one's command下车xià chēto get off a vehicle, to alight

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This word is part of lesson 4.