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
下雨
xiàyǔ
to rain
Characters in this word
雨 yǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 雨 — rain
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 今天下雨了。 Jīntiān xià yǔ le. It rained today.
- 明天会下雨吗？ Míngtiān huì xiàyǔ ma? Will it rain tomorrow?
- 现在在下雨。 Xiànzài zài xiàyǔ. It's raining now.
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
- 下课 xiàkè to finish class
- 下午 xiàwǔ afternoon
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 坐下 zuòxia to sit down
- 雨 yǔ rain
- 花 huā flower