下
岗

(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty in Chinese: 下岗 (xià gǎng)

xià gǎng

(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty

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

Definitions

  1. 1(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty
  2. 2(of a worker) be to laid off

Stroke order

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下
岗

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄚˋ

xià

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄍㄤˇ

gǎng

ㄍ/ gㄤ/ angˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

下岗

Simplified

下崗

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 工厂关门后,很多工人都下岗了。

    gōng chǎng guān mén hòu, hěn duō gōng rén dōu xià gǎng le。

    After the factory closed, many workers were laid off.

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Related words

下

xià

down

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

放下

fàng xià

to lay down

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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