下 xià
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- 一 one 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
下课
xiàkè
to finish class
Characters in this word
课 kè
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 果 fruit, nut
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们四点下课。 Wǒmen sì diǎn xiàkè. Our classes finish at four.
- 下课了，我们走吧。 Xiàkè le, wǒmen zǒu ba. Class is over, let's go.
- 我们什么时候下课？ Wǒmen shénme shíhou xiàkè? When does class finish?
Related words
- 楼下 lóuxià downstairs
- 下 xià down, below; to go down; to finish (work or class)
- 下班 xiàbān to finish work
- 下边 xiàbian below, underneath
- 下车 xiàchē to get off (a bus or car)
- 下次 xiàcì next time
- 下午 xiàwǔ afternoon
- 下雨 xiàyǔ to rain
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 坐下 zuòxia to sit down
- 课 kè lesson, class
- 课本 kèběn textbook