之
下

Under in Chinese: 之下 (zhī xià)

zhī xià

under

HSK 3.0 Level 51 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1under
  2. 2beneath
  3. 3less than

Stroke order

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之
下

Zhuyin

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ㄓ

zhī

ㄓ/ zh—/ first tone

ㄒㄧㄚˋ

xià

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 在老师的帮助之下，我进步了。

    zài lǎo shī de bāng zhù zhī xià， wǒ jìn bù le。

    With the teacher's help, I made progress.

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Related words

下

xià

down

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

下雨

xià yǔ

to rain

分之

fēn zhī

(indicating a fraction)

下载

xià zǎi

to download

总之

zǒng zhī

in a word

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

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