下
坠

(of objects) to fall in Chinese: 下坠 (xià zhuì)

xià zhuì

(of objects) to fall

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 下墜1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1(of objects) to fall
  2. 2to drop
  3. 3to droop
  4. 4(medicine) to experience tenesmus

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下
坠

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄚˋ

xià

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄓㄨㄟˋ

zhuì

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

下坠

Simplified

下墜

Traditional

Example sentences

See 下坠 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 飞机突然开始下坠,乘客都很害怕。

    fēi jī tū rán kāi shǐ xià zhuì, chéng kè dōu hěn hài pà。

    The plane suddenly began to drop, and the passengers were terrified.

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Related words

下

xià

down

坠

zhuì

to fall

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

下雨

xià yǔ

to rain

下载

xià zǎi

to download

楼下

lóu xià

downstairs

下班

xià bān

to finish work

下边

xià bian

under

下车

xià chē

to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)

下次

xià cì

next time

下课

xià kè

to finish class

坐下

zuò xia

to sit down

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