VocabularyHSK 3 · core

下

xià

down, under

Part of speech · noun / verb

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Examples

  1. 在桌子下。
    Under the table.
  2. 下楼。
    Go downstairs.

Collocations

下面下午下班

Mnemonic

下 xià "down, below, next, get off" — antonym 上 shàng. Multifunction: 1) location (下面 below), 2) following time (下午 PM, 下次 next time), 3) descent (下车 get off). Cognate of Japanese 下 shita / ka / ge.

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