Chinese words starting with “xia”

41 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable xia. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 13 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.

Initial x · final ia · hear the four tones and see example characters →

1st tone 2
2nd tone 6
4th tone 33

Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.

Common words with this syllable

下来xià laiHSK 3
to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
下午xià wǔHSK 1
afternoon; p.m.
下去xià qùHSK 3
to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw
下面xià miànHSK 3
below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian]
下次xià cìHSK 1
next time
夏天xià tiānHSK 2
summer
下班xià bānHSK 1
to finish work; to get off work
下雨xià yǔHSK 1
to rain
下车xià chēHSK 1
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
下雪xià xuěHSK 2
to snow
下课xià kèHSK 1
to finish class; to get out of class; (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed; to be fired
下边xià bianHSK 1
under; the underside; below
下周xià zhōuHSK 2
next week

All 41 words

#	Word	Pinyin	POS	Meaning
1	下	xià	v,f,qt,g	down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
2	吓	xià	v	to frighten; to scare
3	下降	xià jiàng	v,vn	to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease
4	夏	xià	tg,g,nr	summer
5	瞎	xiā	d,v,a	blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose
6	下载	xià zǎi	v	to download; also pr. [xià zài]
7	虾	xiā	n	shrimp; prawn
8	下手	xià shǒu	v,n	to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest
9	吓人	xià rén	a,v	to scare; scary; frightening
10	下场	xià chǎng	n,v	to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
11	下令	xià lìng	v	to give an order; to command
12	夏季	xià jì	t	summer
13	下属	xià shǔ	v,vn,n	subordinate; underling
14	下落	xià luò	n,v	whereabouts; to drop; to fall
15	下跌	xià diē	v	to fall; to tumble
16	狭窄	xiá zhǎi	a	narrow
17	峡谷	xiá gǔ	n	canyon; gill; ravine
18	下楼	xià lóu		to go downstairs
19	下台	xià tái	v	to go off the stage; to fall from position of prestige; to step down (from office etc); to disentangle oneself; to get off the hook
20	下一代	xià yī dài	n	the next generation
21	下岗	xià gǎng	v,vn	(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty; (of a worker) be to laid off
22	吓唬	xià hu	v	to scare; to frighten
23	夏令营	xià lìng yíng	n	summer camp
24	下游	xià yóu	f,n,s	lower reaches (of a river); lower level; lower echelon; downstream
25	下决心	xià jué xīn	v	to determine; to resolve
26	下棋	xià qí	v	to play chess
27	下山	xià shān	v	to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set
28	狭小	xiá xiǎo	a	narrow
29	狭隘	xiá ài	a	narrow; tight; narrow minded; lacking in experience
30	下意识	xià yì shí	n,v,d	subconscious mind
31	下功夫	xià gōng fu	v	see 夫
32	下级	xià jí	n	low ranking; low level; underclass; subordinate
33	下海	xià hǎi	v	to go out to sea; to enter the sea (to swim etc); (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
34	霞	xiá	g,n	rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
35	下期	xià qī	n	next period (week, month or quarter etc)
36	下调	xià diào	v	to demote; to pass down to a lower unit
37	下旬	xià xún	t	last third of the month
38	下坠	xià zhuì	v	(of objects) to fall; to drop; to droop; (medicine) to experience tenesmus
39	下乡	xià xiāng	v	to go to the countryside
40	侠义	xiá yì	a	chivalrous; chivalry; knight-errantry
41	下个月	xià gè yuè		next month

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