下 xià — under, below, beneath

Meanings

1. 1

   under, below, beneath

   The counterpart of 上, and like it, placed after the noun: 桌子下 "under the table".

   noun
2. 2

   next, coming (of a time period)

   noun

   下个月 is next month, 下个星期 next week — the mirror of 上个月 and 上个星期.

3. 3

   to go down; to fall (of rain or snow)

   verb

Character breakdown

• 下

  xià (fourth tone, falling)

  below, under, lower; to go down, to get off; to fall (of rain or snow); next (下个月)

  3 strokesRadical 一

Example sentences

• 猫在桌子下。/貓在桌子下。Māo (first tone, high and level) zài (fourth tone, falling) zhuōzi (first tone, high and level) xià. (fourth tone, falling)···

  The cat is under the table.

• 我下个月去中国。/我下個月去中國。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) xià (fourth tone, falling) ge (neutral tone) yuè (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling) Zhōngguó. (first tone, high and level)···

  I’m going to China next month.

Similar words

Words containing 下

• 一下yíxià (second tone, rising)a bit, for a moment (softening a request)
• 下来/下來xià (fourth tone, falling) lai (neutral tone)to come down
• 下去xià (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling)to go down
• 下午xiàwǔ (fourth tone, falling)afternoon
• 停下tíng (second tone, rising) xià (fourth tone, falling)to stop
• 留下liú (second tone, rising) xià (fourth tone, falling)to leave behind
• 下面xià (fourth tone, falling) miàn (fourth tone, falling)below
• 剩下shèng (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling)to remain; to be left over
• 以下yǐ (third tone, dipping) xià (fourth tone, falling)that level or lower
• 放下fàng (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling)to lay down
• 下次xià (fourth tone, falling) cì (fourth tone, falling)next time
• 下降xià (fourth tone, falling) jiàng (fourth tone, falling)to decline
• 下雨xià (fourth tone, falling) yǔ (third tone, dipping)to rain
• 之下zhī (first tone, high and level) xià (fourth tone, falling)under
• 地下dì (fourth tone, falling) xià (fourth tone, falling)underground
• 接下来/接下來jiē (first tone, high and level) xià (fourth tone, falling) lái (second tone, rising)to accept
• 下班xià (fourth tone, falling) bān (first tone, high and level)to finish work