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
下载
xiàzǎi
to download
Characters in this word
载 zǎi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 戈 — spear, lance, halberd
- Made of
- 哉 final exclamatory particle 车 cart, vehicle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我下载地图。 Wǒ xiàzǎi dìtú. I download a map.
- 请下载软件。 Qǐng xiàzǎi ruǎnjiàn. Please download the software.
- 下载很慢。 Xiàzǎi hěn màn. The download is very slow.
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
- 下雨 xiàyǔ to rain
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 坐下 zuòxia to sit down
- 放下 fàngxia to put down