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Up and down in Chinese: 上下 (shàng xià)

shàng xià

up and down

HSK 3.0 Level 51 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1up and down
  2. 2top and bottom
  3. 3old and young
  4. 4length
  5. 5about

Stroke order

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下

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ㄕㄤˋ

shàng

ㄕ/ shㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄧㄚˋ

xià

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 电梯在楼里上下移动。

    diàn tī zài lóu lǐ shàng xià yí dòng。

    The elevator moves up and down inside the building.

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Related words

上

shàng

(bound form) up

下

xià

down

上午

shàng wǔ

morning

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

下雨

xià yǔ

to rain

上班

shàng bān

to go to work

晚上

wǎn shang

evening

早上

zǎo shang

early morning

马上

mǎ shàng

at once

上网

shàng wǎng

to go online

上当

shàng dàng

taken in (by sb's deceit)

下载

xià zǎi

to download

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