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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 (10)
老师，您好！我希望下个学期在这里继续学习，请问还需要重新申请吗？
Lǎoshī, nín hǎo! Wǒ xīwàng xià gè xuéqī zài zhèlǐ jìxù xuéxí, qǐngwèn hái xūyào chóngxīn shēnqǐng ma?
Teacher, hello! I hope to continue studying here next semester. Do I still need to reapply?
Text 1
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
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
每年三四月份的时候，如果从北方坐火车到南方去旅游，一路上你会发现，不同的地方有不同的风景：窗外的树一棵一棵地变绿，北方也许还下着雪，南方却已经到处都是绿色了。
Měinián sānsì yuèfèn de shíhòu, rúguǒ cóng běifāng zuò huǒchē dào nánfāng qù lǚyóu, yílùshàng nǐ huì fāxiàn, bùtóng de dìfāng yǒu bùtóng de fēngjǐng: chuāngwài de shù yìkē yìkē de biànlǜ, běifāng yěxǔ hái xià zhe xuě, nánfāng què yǐjīng dàochù dōu shì lǜsè le.
Around March or April each year, if you take a train from the north to the south to travel, along the way you will find that different places have different scenery: the trees outside the window turn green one by one, it may still be snowing in the north, but in the south it is already green everywhere.
Text 4
在这种情况下，建议父母先不要生气，应该停下手中的事情，陪孩子整理整理东西，和他们聊聊天儿，弄清楚他们的问题。
Zài zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng xià, jiànyì fùmǔ xiān bú yào shēngqì, yīnggāi tíngxià shǒuzhōng de shìqíng, péi háizi zhěnglǐ zhěnglǐ dōngxi, hé tāmen liáo liáo tiānr, nòng qīngchu tāmen de wèntí.
In this situation, parents are advised to not get angry at first, they should stop what they’re doing, help the child tidy things up a bit, chat with them, and figure out their problems.
Text 4
我现在上有老，下有小。除了工作以外，家里还有母亲和儿子需要照顾。
Wǒ xiànzài shàng yǒu lǎo, xià yǒu xiǎo. Chúle gōngzuò yǐwài, jiālǐ hái yǒu mǔqīn hé érzi xūyào zhàogù.
I now have elderly to care for and children to raise. Besides work, I also need to take care of my mother and my son at home.
Text 1
真是不容易啊！看来我只看到了你成功时获得的鲜花，却没注意到你成功前流下的汗水。
Zhēn shì bù róngyì a! Kànlái wǒ zhǐ kàn dào le nǐ chénggōng shí huòdé de xiānhuā, què méi zhùyì dào nǐ chénggōng qián liúxià de hànshuǐ.
It's really not easy! It seems I only saw the flowers you received when you succeeded, but didn't notice the sweat you shed before your success.
Text 2
总的来说，这套房子他很满意，于是他就记下了房东的手机号码，可回家后打电话，电话总是占线。
Zǒng de láishuō, zhè tào fángzi tā hěn mǎnyì, yúshì tā jiù jìxià le fángdōng de shǒujī hàomǎ, kě huíjiā hòu dǎ diànhuà, diànhuà zǒngshì zhànxiàn.
Overall, he was very satisfied with this apartment, so he wrote down the landlord's cell phone number, but when he called after getting home, the line was always busy.
Text 4
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