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膝下 (xī xià): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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膝下 (xī xià): At one's knees (noun (positional)) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

膝下 consists of 2 characters.

膝 • xī • knee

xī膝

knee

下 • xià • down; below • HSK 2.0 L1

HSK 1

xià下

down; below

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Pinyinxī xià

Meaningat one's knees; under one's care (children)

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Syntaxnoun (positional)

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Example Sentences with 膝下

Tā他

xī膝

xià下

yǒu有

yī一

ér儿

yī一

nǚ女

。

He has a son and a daughter under his care.

Lǎo老

rén人

xī膝

xià下

wú无

zǐ子

，

shēng生

huó活

yǒu

Tā她

xī膝

xià下

chéng承

huān欢

，

hái孩

zi子

men们

dōu

有

xiē些

gū孤

dān单

。

The elderly person has no children under his care and feels a bit lonely.

都

hěn很

xiào孝

shùn顺

。

She enjoys the company of her children, who are all very filial.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 膝下.

Words with 膝

膝盖xī gàiknee
屈膝qū xīkneel; submit
膝盖骨xī gài gǔkneecap; patella

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
下面xià miànbelow