下
Meanings
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- 1.down
- 2.downwards
- 3.below
- 4.lower
- 5.later
- 6.next (week etc)
- 7.second (of two parts)
- 8.to decline
- 9.to go down
- 10.to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- 11.measure word to show the frequency of an action
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Wiktionary
- 1.lower part of; under; beneath
- 2.under the influence of; with
- 3.lower; located below
- 4.later; next
- 5.(archaic) lesser (that which is lower in rank, quality, or significance)
- 6.inferior, poor
- 7.low
- 8.to go down; to descend (as complement) downwards; down
- 9.completely, thoroughly
- 10.to get out of; to leave; to alight; to get off
- 11.to finish, to complete
- 12.to go to somewhere considered poor or inferior
- 13.to give or issue something to an inferior person
- 14.to send an invitation
- 15.to stay the night
- 16.to conquer
- 17.(with limited objects, often figuratively) to put something down
- 18.to use; to start doing something; to put in an effort
- 19.to sow; to plant
- 20.to give money; to put in capital
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Etymology
Ideogram (指事): short horizontal below long arc (contrast 上). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(k/g)la-k/j/t (“to fall”) (STEDT): * inside Sinitic, cognate with 落 (OC *ɡ·raːɡ, “to fall, to drop”), 露 (OC *ɡ·raːɡs, “dew”), 陊 (OC *l'aːlʔ, *l'alʔ, “to collapse”) and 阤 (OC *l'alʔ, *hljalʔ, “hillside, slope”); * outside Sinitic, cognate with Mizo tla ~ tlâk (“to fall”), thla ~ thlâk (“to drop”), Burmese ကျ (kya., “to fall”) and ချ (hkya., “to drop”). Schuessler (2007) instead proposed an Austroasiatic origin by comparing 下 (OC *ɡraːʔ, “to descend, down, below”) to Khmer [script needed] (gra'ka, “be low, debased”); additionally, he suggested that Sino-Tibetan influence had possibly caused the weakening of foreign final *-k to OC final *-ʔ. He derives the departing tone (去聲) pronunciation via two derivations: * 下 (OC *ɡraːs, “to be put down”) is an exopassive derivation (ibid.); * 下 (OC *ɡraːs, “to descend, to fall”) is a later, general departing tone derivative (ibid.).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
下了雨。
It rained.
她下樓。
She was coming down the stairs.
她下了車。
She got out of the car.
下一个是谁？
Who's next?
我會記下來。
I'll keep it.
调查下这个。
Examine this.
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