Down in Chinese (Mandarin): 下 (xià)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 下

• 下

  Down, below.

  3 strokes

Fourth tone. Raining is 下雨 (xià yǔ), "rain comes down", and getting off a bus is 下车 (xià chē).

More examples with 下

• 小猫在桌子下面。

  小貓在桌子下面。

  Xiǎo māo zài zhuōzi xiàmiàn.

  The kitten is under the table.

• 我们下车了。

  我們下車了。

  Wǒmen xià chē le.

  We got off the bus.

How to write 下 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.