下
xià HSK1

under

下 xià
next directional
later in time or sequence, or the second of two parts

我下个星期去北京。

wǒ xià gè xīng​qī qù Běi​jīng.

I am going to Beijing next week.

under directional
postposition indicating the scope or context, typically translated as 'under' or 'in'.

在这种情况下，我们不能离开。

zài zhè zhǒng qíng​kuàng xià, wǒ​men bù néng lí​kāi.

Under these circumstances, we cannot leave.

to descend verb
to go down, to decline, or to move from a higher to a lower place

由于电梯坏了，我们只能走楼梯下到一楼。

yóu​yú diàn​tī huài le, wǒ​men zhǐ néng zǒu lóu​tī xià dào yī lóu.

Since the elevator was broken, we had to take the stairs down to the first floor.

below directional
down, downwards, or in a lower position

山下有一条河。

shān xià yǒu yī tiáo hé.

There is a river at the foot of the mountain.

to rain or snow verb
to precipitate (rain, snow, hail, etc.)

今天下雪了。

jīn​tiān xià xuě le.

It snowed today.

to reach verb
to arrive at a decision, conclusion, or to issue a judgment

医生还没下结论。

yī​shēng hái méi xià jié​lùn.

The doctor hasn't reached a conclusion yet.

times measure word
measure word indicating the frequency or number of times an action is performed

钟敲了三下。

zhōng qiāo le sān xià.

The clock struck three times.

play a board game verb
to participate in a board game such as Go, chess, or checkers

他从小就开始学习下围棋。

tā cóng xiǎo jiù kāi​shǐ xué​xí xià wéi​qí.

He started learning to play Go when he was a child.

accommodate verb
used after a verb and 得 de or 不 bù to indicate the capacity to hold or accommodate something
lower part noun
the lower portion or bottom part of an object or body.

旗袍的下摆被改短了。

qí​páo de xià bǎi bèi gǎi duǎn le.

The hem of the qipao was shortened.

low-grade directional
of the lowest quality, grade, or rank; inferior
to give birth verb
to give birth to

老母猪昨天晚上下了一窝小猪。

lǎo mǔ​zhū zuó​tiān wǎn​shang xià le yī wō xiǎo​zhū.

The sow gave birth to a litter of piglets last night.

to bet verb
to place a bet or stake in gambling or a contest
indicates completion or preservation noun
a resultative complement used after a verb to indicate that an action has been completed, or that something has been fixed, preserved, or left behind as a result of the action

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
42nd most common 3210.2 per million
Movie subtitles
53rd most common 3278.4 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1549.3 per million appears in 99% of films
Written text
1420.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
3
Unicode
U+4E0B

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)