下游
xiàyóu
downstream; lower reaches; downstream sector
Characters in this word
游 yóu
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 斿 to swim
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这条河的下游因长期排污，生态恢复难度很大。 Zhè tiáo hé de xiàyóu yīn chángqī páiwū, shēngtài huīfù nándù hěn dà. The lower reaches of this river have long been polluted, making ecological restoration very difficult.
- 工厂搬到城市下游之后，居民的生活用水干净了很多。 Gōngchǎng bān dào chéngshì xiàyóu zhīhòu, jūmín de shēnghuó yòngshuǐ gānjìngle hěn duō. After the factory moved downstream of the city, the residents' household water became much cleaner.
- 我们乘船顺流而下，第三天到达了河流下游的小镇。 Wǒmen chéngchuán shùnliú ér xià, dìsān tiān dàodále héliú xiàyóu de xiǎozhèn. We sailed downstream and on the third day reached a small town on the lower reaches of the river.
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