私
下

In private in Chinese: 私下 (sī xià)

sī xià

in private

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1in private

Stroke order

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私
下

Zhuyin

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ㄙ

sī

ㄙ/ s—/ first tone

ㄒㄧㄚˋ

xià

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 我们私下谈谈这件事吧。

    wǒ men sī xià tán tán zhè jiàn shì ba。

    Let's talk this over in private.

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Related words

下

xià

down

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

下雨

xià yǔ

to rain

私人

sī rén

private

下载

xià zǎi

to download

自私

zì sī

selfish

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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