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  haa6 haa5   jyutping
  xia4   pinyin
[] haa6 | [] xia4
[1] [prep] under; below; beneath; less than
[2] [adj] lower; inferior; of the bottom part
[3] [adj] next; upcoming; of a later time
[4] [v] go/come down (to); descend; leave off
[5] [v] put/lower into; apply; put forth
[6] [v] issue; deliver; send
[7] [v] formulate; work out; set down
[8] [adv] down; downward

[] haa5 | [] xia4
[1] verbal classifier used after an action verb to indicate the frequency of the action
[2] aspect marker denoting a delimitative time or a tentative action
[3] shortened form of 一下

adjectiveAdditional PoS: verbadverbprepositionclassifier
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Stroke count: 3
Level: 1
Radical: (#1)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 28725 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Dec 2016 02:01

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detail 退  teoi3 haa6  tui4 xia4 = to retire; to withdraw; to retreat; to step down
detail  haa6 syut3  xia4 xue3 = snowing
detail  ji5 haa6  yi3 xia4 = below; under
detail  jat1 haa5  yi1 xia4 = awhile; once
detail  haa6 ng5  xia4 wu3 = afternoon; P.M.
detail  haa6 go3 jyut6  xia4 ge4 yue4 = next month
detail  haa6 zau3   = afternoon
detail  haa6 jyu5  xia4 yu3 = to rain; raining
detail  haa6 seoi2 dou6  xia4 shui3 dao4 = sewer; cloaca
detail  lau4 haa6  lou2 xia4 = downstairs
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Showing 10 of 34 examples containing 下
detail audio 下個星期香港
I'm going back to Hong Kong next week.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131797]
detail 對不起由於下雨所以遲到
I'm sorry, I was late because of the rain.
detail audio 突然好癐等我一下
I'm suddenly very tired, let me sleep for a bit.
detail audio 下次一樣
"Next time, (you do it) the same way"
[eg: when showing someone the correct way to do something.]
detail audio 多謝你嘅幫襯下次再嚟過
Thank you for your business. Come back next time.
detail 聖誕節之前剩下二十三禮物
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.
detail 覺得聖誕節當天不會下雪
Do you think it will snow on Christmas Day?
detail 如果下雪的話雪人
If it snows I will make a snowman!
detail audio 突然好攰等我一下
I'm suddenly very tired, let me sleep for a bit.
detail audio 死死下!
I am so ill I feel like dying!
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