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

xià

Traditional: 下

HSK 1

#167 of 2,700Core 1000

Translation

below, down, under, next

Test yourself on 下

Three quick questions. No account needed.

Know this word? Create a free account to track it.

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

下

Examples

？

What is underneath?

？

Who is next?

。

Please sit down.

。

Please put the book down.

。

It is raining outside.

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

Where this fits

The 1,000 most common Mandarin words

Where this word sits in the core vocabulary, and what to learn around it.

Mandarin vocabulary by HSK level

How many words each level actually needs, with real counts.

Mandarin learning guides

Podcasts, pronunciation traps and the things a word list cannot teach.

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

Used in

Stories

(10)

Grammar articles

(34)

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Chapters 1 and 2 free

Meet this word in a story

Every course has graded stories written only with words you have been taught, plus grammar drills, a games arcade and printable worksheets. Chapters 1 and 2 are free.

Chapters 1 and 2 free, forever. Plus: 7 days free, then $5 a month for all eleven languages.

Start learning free

Mandarin · Free printables

下: worksheet, infographic and listicle

Free printable study downloads for the Mandarin word "下" (below, down, under, next): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.

This word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 8: 下, 太, 离开 and 7 more words.