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Radical 1 · 3 strokes

below

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MEANING11 meanings

MEANING

  1. preposition

    below

    在…下面;低于zài、xià miàn、dī yú

    • He is under the table.

    • The cat is hiding under the bed and won't come out.

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    • I'll shoot him down.

    • I'll shoot him down.

    • I'm going to shoot him down.

    • I'm going to shoot him down.

    • They sat down in the shade of that big tree.

  2. verb

    down

    向下移动或到下面的地方xiàng xià yídòng huò dào xiàmiàn de dìfang

    • Please sit down.

    • Pull down the curtains, the light is too bright.

  3. adjective

    lower

    在下面的;地位或级别较低的zài xiàmiàn de; dìwèi huò jíbié jiào dī de

    • See you next week!

    • Please put the documents on the lower shelf.

  4. adverb

    downwards

    向下;向下面的方向xiàngxià;xiàngxiàmiàn de fāngxiàng

    • Please sit down.

    • The ball rolled down the hillside.

  5. adverb

    later

    以后;之后;随后发生的yǐhòu;zhīhòu;suíhòu fāshēng de

    • We'll see each other next week.

    • I'll come visit you next month.

  6. adjective

    next (week etc)

    接着将要发生的;在后面的jiēzháo jiāngyào fāshēng de;zài hòumiàn de

    • Next month I'll be going on a business trip to Shanghai.

  7. verb

    to go down

    向下移动;从高处到低处xiàng xià yídòng;cóng gāo chù dào dī chù

    • Let's go downstairs.

    • The sun slowly sank behind the mountains.

  8. verb

    to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)

    做出决定或得出结论zuòchū juéding huò déchū jiēlùn

    • We will go to Beijing next week.

    • After discussing the matter, they finally came to a conclusion.

  9. measure word

    measure word to show the frequency of an action

    表示动作发生的次数biǎoshì dòngzuò fāshēng de cìshù

    • Could you say that again?

  10. verb

    to decline

    变少、减少或减弱biàn shǎo、jiǎnshǎo huò jiǎnruò

    • His grades have declined.

    • Temperatures have dropped noticeably recently.

  11. 11numeral

    second (of two parts)

    两个部分中的第二个liǎng ge bùfen zhōng de dì èr ge

    • This is the second half.

    • This book is divided into two volumes, and the second volume is far more exciting.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.

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