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HSK 2
HSK 1
下
xià
1.
down
2.
downwards
3.
below
4.
lower
5.
later
6.
next (week etc)
7.
second (of two parts)
8.
to decline
9.
to go down
10.
to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
11.
measure word to show the frequency of an action
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
一下
yīxià
(used after a verb) give it a go
上下
shàngxià
up and down
下世
xiàshì
to die
下令
xiàlìng
to give an order
下任
xiàrèn
next office holder
下来
xiàlai
to come down
下修
xiàxiū
to revise downward
下凡
xiàfán
to descend to the world (of immortals)
下列
xiàliè
following
下午
xiàwǔ
afternoon
下半
xiàbàn
second half
下去
xiàqù
to go down
下唇
xiàchún
lower lip
下单
xiàdān
to place an order
下回
xiàhuí
next chapter
下坡
xiàpō
downhill
下垂
xiàchuí
to droop
下场
xiàchǎng
to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc)
下场
xiàchang
the end
下家
xiàjiā
player whose turn comes next (in a game)
Example Sentences (5)
人们常说“一分钱一分货”，意思是东西的质量和价格有很大的关系，也可以说“便宜没好货，好货不便宜”，一般情况下，你花的钱越多，买的东西也就越好。
Rénmen cháng shuō "yì fēn qián yì fēn huò", yìsi shì dōngxi de zhìliàng hé jiàgé yǒu hěn dà de guānxi, yě kěyǐ shuō "piányi méi hǎo huò, hǎo huò bù piányi", yìbān qíngkuàng xià, nǐ huā de qián yuè duō, mǎi de dōngxi yě jiù yuè hǎo.
People often say "you get what you pay for", meaning that the quality of something is closely related to its price. You can also say "cheap isn't good; good isn't cheap". In general, the more money you spend, the better the things you buy.
Text 5
雨下得真大。你怎么回去？我送你吧。
Yǔ xià de zhēn dà. Nǐ zěnme huí qù?Wǒ sòng nǐ ba.
It's raining really hard. How will you get back? I'll give you a ride.
Text 3
上山容易下山难，你不知道？
Shàng shān róng yì xià shān nán, nǐ bù zhīdao?
Going uphill is easy, going downhill is hard—don't you know?
Text 1
你说得对，我现在累得下了班就想睡觉。
Nǐ shuō de duì, wǒ xiànzài lèi de xià le bān jiù xiǎng shuìjiào.
You're right; I'm so tired now that as soon as I get off work I just want to sleep.
Text 1
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 41
- Word Frequency Rank
- 145 of 84,292