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To go down in Chinese: 下去 (xià qù)

xià qù

to go down

HSK 3.0 Level 31 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to go down
  2. 2to descend
  3. 3to go on
  4. 4to continue
  5. 5(of a servant) to withdraw

Stroke order

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Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄚˋ

xià

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄑㄩˋ

qù

ㄑ/ qㄩ/ üˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 你先下去,我马上就来。

    nǐ xiān xià qù, wǒ mǎ shàng jiù lái。

    You go down first, I'll come right away.

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Related words

去

qù

to go

下

xià

down

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

下雨

xià yǔ

to rain

去年

qù nián

last year

过去

guò qù

(in the) past

去世

qù shì

to pass away

失去

shī qù

to lose

下载

xià zǎi

to download

出去

chū qù

to go out

回去

huí qu

to return

进去

jìn qù

to go in

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