下
Pinyin IPA [ɕja˥˩] Zhuyin
HSK 1 noun 名词verb 动词 Book 1 · Lesson 9 freq #70
Meanings
- noun 名词
- under
- below
- verb 动词 (of rain, snow, etc.) to fall
As a location word, the bottom or underside, "under / below": 椅子下 is "under the chair". As a verb it means "to go down" or "to fall", as in 下雨 (to rain). Its opposite is 上.
- down
- downwards
- below
- lower
- later
- next (week etc)
Examples
| 下了雨。 | xià le yǔ | It rained. |
| 下雨了。 | xià yǔ le | It's raining. |
| 在下雨。 | zài xià yǔ | It's raining. |
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