剩 shèng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 乘 ride, mount 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
剩下
shèngxia
to be left over
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 剩下两个。 Shèng xia liǎng ge. Two are left.
- 饭剩下很多。 Fàn shèng xia hěn duō. A lot of food is left.
- 剩下给我。 Shèng xia gěi wǒ. Give the rest to me.
Related words
- 剩 shèng to remain; to be left
- 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