to bend down; to lower (one's head)

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
cóng
shān
dǐng
shì
zhěng
chéng
shì

He looks down at the entire city from the mountaintop

2
shēn
jiǎn
shàng
de
yào
shi

He bends down to pick up the keys on the ground

3
lǎo
yīng
chōng
xià
lái
zhuō
liè

The eagle dives down to catch its prey

4
zhàn
zài
shān
dǐng
shì
xià
miàn
de
fáng
zi

I stand on the mountaintop and look down at the houses below.

5
cóng
fēi
shàng
shì
chéng
shì
jiù
xiàng
zhāng

Looking down from the plane, the city looks like a map.

6
huān
zài
yáng
tái
shàng
shì
huā
yuán
de
huā
cǎo

He likes to look down from the balcony at the flowers and plants in the garden.

7
shǒu
kàn
shàng
de

He bowed his head to look at the ants on the ground.

8
xiǎo
gǒu
shǒu
chī
wǎn
de
shí

The puppy bowed its head to eat the food in the bowl.

9
zài
lǎo
shī
de
jiào
dǎo
xià
shǒu
rèn
cuò
jué
xīn
gǎi
zhèng

Under the teacher's guidance, he bowed his head to admit his mistake and resolved to correct it.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes10
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#1984
Zhuyinㄈㄨˇ
Components
UnicodeU+4FEF
CangjieOIOK
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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