下
山

To go down a hill in Chinese: 下山 (xià shān)

xià shān

to go down a hill

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to go down a hill
  2. 2(of the sun or moon) to set

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下
山

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄚˋ

xià

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕㄢ

shān

ㄕ/ shㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 天快黑了,我们赶紧下山吧。

    tiān kuài hēi le, wǒ men gǎn jǐn xià shān ba。

    It's getting dark, let's hurry down the mountain.

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Related words

下

xià

down

山

shān

mountain

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

下雨

xià yǔ

to rain

爬山

pá shān

to climb a mountain

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

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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