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

Mandarin Advanced Grammar (C1-C2 / HSK 6+): Chengyu, Classical Remnants, and Register

The Mandarin 把 (bǎ) Construction: Fronting the Object to Say What You Did To It

Mandarin Complements: 得 for Manner, Directional Endings, and How to Attach a Result to a Verb

Compound Directional Complements in Mandarin: Verb + 起来, 下去, 过来, 出来 and Motion Relative to the Speaker

Concession in Mandarin: 虽然...还是/但是, 不过, and 还是 (Although, Even So, Nonetheless)

Mandarin Conditionals: 如果, 要是, 的话 and the 就 That Finishes the Sentence

Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It

Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses

Figurative Directional Complements in Mandarin: 起来, 下去 and 出来 Beyond Up, Down and Out

The Double 了 Sentence in Mandarin: 我学了三年中文了 and the Continuing-Action Pattern

The Mandarin Durative 着 (zhe): Marking a State That Continues (门开着, 拿着书, 笑着说)

How to Say Even Though and Even If in Mandarin: 虽然, 即使, 就算 and 尽管

Formal Mandarin Connectives: 然而, 因此, 于是 and 尽管 (The Written Register)

Mandarin Four-Character Idioms (四字格): The Shape, Not the List

Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System

就 (jiù) vs 才 (cái) in Mandarin: Sooner Than Expected, Later Than Expected

The Two 了 in Mandarin: Completion 了 After the Verb vs Change-of-State 了 at the End

Mandarin Location and Existence: 在 for Where, 有 for There Is, and the 上/下/里/外 Position Words

Mandarin Modal Verbs: 会, 想, 要, 应该, 可以, 能 and the Future-Intent Words 打算, 准备

Mandarin Numbers, Time, Dates, and Currency: From 1 to 1,000,000, the 二/两 Split, and Time-Before-Verb

Mandarin Requests and Imperatives: 请, 别, 不要, the Softening Particles 吧/啊, and Verb Reduplication

Mandarin Sentence-Final Particles: 吧, 呢, 啊, 嘛, 吗 and the Final 了

Mandarin Verb Reduplication: 看看, 看一看, 休息休息 and the 一下 Alternative

The Mandarin 以 (yǐ) Family: 以为, 以及, 以便, 以免, 以来 and 以...为...

又 (yòu) vs 再 (zài) vs 还 (hái) in Mandarin: The Three Ways to Say 'Again'

The Mandarin 于 (yú) Family: 对于, 关于, 由于, 至于, 属于, 位于, 终于

Mandarin 之 (zhī): 之一, 之间, 之后, 之中, 总之 and the Written Ancestor of 的