下午 xiàwǔ — afternoon

Meanings

1. 1

   afternoon

   From about two o’clock until dusk. With a clock time it comes first: 下午三点, "three in the afternoon".

   noun

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

• 下午我想看电影。/下午我想看電影。Xiàwǔ (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) kàn (fourth tone, falling) diànyǐng. (fourth tone, falling)···

  I’d like to see a film this afternoon.

• 他下午三点回家。/他下午三點回家。Tā (first tone, high and level) xiàwǔ (fourth tone, falling) sān (first tone, high and level) diǎn (third tone, dipping) huí (second tone, rising) jiā. (first tone, high and level)···

  He goes home at three in the afternoon.

Similar words

Words containing 下

• 下xià (fourth tone, falling)under, below, beneath
• 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
• 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