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Pinyin xià IPA [ɕja˥˩] Zhuyin ㄒㄧㄚˋ
HSK 1 noun 名词verb 动词 Book 1 · Lesson 9 freq #70

Meanings

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.

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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