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To come down in Chinese: 下来 (xià lai)

xià lai

to come down

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 下來1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to come down
  2. 2(completed action marker)
  3. 3(after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
  4. 4(indicates continuation from the past towards us)
  5. 5to be harvested (of crops)
  6. 6to be over (of a period of time)
  7. 7to go among the masses (said of leaders)

Stroke order

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下
来

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄚˋ

xià

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄌㄞ

lai

˙/ neutral toneㄌ/ lㄞ/ ai

Simplified & traditional

下来

Simplified

下來

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 你快从树上下来！

    nǐ kuài cóng shù shàng xià lai！

    Come down from the tree quickly!

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Related words

来

lái

to come

下

xià

down

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

下雨

xià yǔ

to rain

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

原来

yuán lái

original

看来

kàn lai

apparently

来自

lái zì

to come from (a place)

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