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HSK 2
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)
下棋
xiàqí
to play chess
下营
Xiàyíng
Hsiaying township in Tainan county [[台南縣|台南县<Táinánxiàn>]], Taiwan
下拜
xiàbài
to bow down low
下架
xiàjià
to take down from the shelves (e.g. a contaminated product)
下水
xiàshui
offal
下滑
xiàhuá
sliding
下岗
xiàgǎng
to come off sentry duty
下手
xiàshǒu
to start
下摆
xiàbǎi
hem of a skirt
下月
xiàyuè
next month
下槛
xiàkǎn
doorsill
下水
xiàshuǐ
downstream
下浣
xiàhuàn
last ten days of the lunar month
下游
xiàyóu
lower reaches (of a river)
下届
xiàjiè
next office holder
下山
xiàshān
(of the sun) to set
一下
yīxià
(used after a verb) give it a go
下弦
xiàxián
third quarter or waning moon
下巴
xiàba
chin
下挫
xiàcuò
(of sales, prices etc) to fall
Example Sentences (3)
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
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