下来
xià lai 4–5
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)
- Characters
- 2
- 下 · 来
- Syllables
- 2
- xià lai
- Frequency
- Common
- corpus count 628
Part of speech: v
Character by character
- 下xià3 strokesHSK 1under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
- 来lái7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 來come, coming; return, returning
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 下来. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 来láiHSK 1
to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来)
- 下xiàHSK 1
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
- 起来qǐ laiHSK 1
to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái]
- 出来chū láiHSK 1
to come out; to appear; to arise
- 回来huí laiHSK 1
to return; to come back
- 来自lái zìHSK 2
to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
- 带来dài láiHSK 2
to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
- 过来guò láiHSK 2
to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of
- 未来wèi láiHSK 4
future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending
- 看来kàn laiHSK 4
apparently; it seems that
- 下午xià wǔHSK 1
afternoon; p.m.
- 原来yuán láiHSK 2
original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- 下去xià qùHSK 3
to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw
- 来到lái dàoHSK 1
to arrive; to come
- 越来越yuè lái yuèHSK 2
more and more
- 后来hòu láiHSK 2
afterwards; later; newly arrived
- 本来běn láiHSK 3
original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- 以来yǐ láiHSK 3
since (a previous event)
- 停下tíng xiàHSK 4
to stop
- 留下liú xiàHSK 2
to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- 从来cóng láiHSK 3
always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- 下面xià miànHSK 3
below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian]
- 剩下shèng xiàHSK 5
to remain; to be left over
- 进来jìn láiHSK 1
to come in