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下面 (xià miàn): Below (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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下 • xià • down; below • HSK 3.0 · L1

HSK 3.0 · L1

xià下

down; below

面 • miàn • side; aspect; surface • HSK 3.0 · L2

HSK 3.0 · L2

miàn面

side; aspect; surface

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Pinyinxià miàn

Meaningbelow

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 2

SyntaxNoun

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Example Sentences with 下面

wǒ我

de的

shū书

zài在

zhuō桌

zi子

xià下

miàn面

。

My book is under the table.

xiǎo小

māo猫

duǒ躲

cáng藏

zài在

zhuō桌

zi子

xià下

miàn面

māo猫

cáng藏

zài在

zhuō桌

zi子

xià下

miàn面

，

hěn很

yǐn

wǒ我

zhàn站

zài在

shān山

dǐng顶

fǔ俯

shì视

xià下

miàn面

tā他

zhàn站

zài在

xuán悬

yá崖

de的

biān边

yuán缘

，

kàn看

shù树

xià下

miàn面

yǒu有

yīn阴

yǐng影

。

There is a shadow under the tree.

xiǎo小

māo猫

cáng藏

zài在

zhuō桌

zi子

xià下

miàn面

。

tā他

zhàn站

zài在

xuán悬

yá崖

biān边

，

kàn看

zhe着

xià

nǐ你

néng能

xiān掀

qǐ起

zhè这

kuài块

shí石

bǎn板

kàn看

kàn

。

The kitten is hiding under the table.

隐

bì蔽

。

The cat is hiding under the table, very concealed.

de

的

fáng房

zi子

。

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

zhe着

xià下

miàn面

de的

fēng风

jǐng景

。

He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking at the scenery below.

The kitten hides under the table.

下

miàn面

de的

fēng风

jǐng景

。

He stood at the edge of the cliff, looking at the scenery below.

看

xià下

miàn面

yǒu有

shén什

me么

ma吗

？

Can you lift this stone slab to see what's underneath?

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 下面.

Words with 下

下午xià wǔafternoon
下班xià bānto finish work
下课xià kèto finish class
下雨xià yǔrain
一下yī xià[used after a verb] give something a go
下去xià quto go down
下来xià laito come down
以下yǐ xiàthat level or lower

Words with 面

前面qián miànfront
后面hòu miànat the back; behind; later
面条儿miàn tiáo rnoodles
上面shàng miànon top of
外面

wài miàn

outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)

里面lǐ miàninside

面条miàn tiáonoodles

见面jiàn miànto meet