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Chinese dictionary
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  • 1

    v.come/get/go down; come from a higher place

    • kuài cóng fáng dǐng shang xià lái

      房顶下来

      Please come down off the roof.

    • tī zi bù láo gù kuài xià lái

      梯子牢固下来

      Come down at once! The ladder isn't steady.

    • tā cóng shān pō shang xià lái

      山坡下来

      He was coming downhill.

    • yī zhī gē zi luò zài fáng dǐng shang bàn tiān yě bù xià lái

      鸽子房顶半天下来

      The pigeon did not come down off the rooftop for a very long time.

  • 2

    v.(of leaders) come down (to a lower level government office)

    • yǒu xīn rèn wù xià lái le

      任务下来

      A new task has fallen on us.

    • zhōng yāng xià lái le gè jiǎn chá zǔ

      中央下来检查

      An inspection group came down from the central government.

    • zuó tiān shěng li xià lái le liǎng wèi gàn bù

      昨天下来干部

      Yesterday two employees from the provincial office came down.

  • 3

    v.(of fruit or crops) get ripe; be in season; be brought to the market; be harvested

    • yù mǐ yī shí hái bù néng xià lái

      玉米一时下来

      The corn cannot be harvested for a while yet.

    • mài zi yǐ jīng xià lái

      麦子已经下来

      The wheat has been harvested.

  • 4

    v.(of a period of time) be over; come to an end

    • yī nián xià lái tā de jì shù dà yǒu tí gāo

      下来技术提高

      After one year's work, his skills have improved a lot.

    • yī nián xià lái tā xué wán le bā mén gōng kè

      下来功课

      After a year's study, she completed eight courses.

    • dì yī tiān xià lái tā jiù gǎn dào jīn pí lì jìn le

      下来感到筋疲力尽

      At the end of the first day, she was exhausted.

  • 5

    v.(used after a verb to indicate a movement from a higher position to a lower position or from far to near)

    • bǎ shù shang de píng guǒ zhāi xià lái ba

      苹果下来

      Pick all the apples off the trees.

    • hé shuǐ shì cóng shàng yóu liú xià lái de

      河水上游下来

      Water flows down the upper section of the river.

    • diào xià lái

      下来

      drop down

    • dūn xià lái

      下来

      squat down

  • 6

    v.(used after a verb to indicate a continuation from the past to the present or from the beginning to the end)

    • cóng gǔ dài liú chuán xià lái de shén huà

      古代流传下来神话

      mythology passed down from antiquity

    • suǒ yǒu cān jiā yè yú péi xùn de rén dōu jiān chí le xià lái

      所有参加业余培训坚持下来

      All those attending the part-time training persisted to the end.

  • 7

    v.(used after a verb to indicate the completion or result of an action)

    • bǎ qíng kuàng jì lù le xià lái

      情况记录下来

      Make a record of what happened.

    • chē jiàn jiàn tíng xià lái

      渐渐下来

      The car stopped gradually.

    • fēng tū rán tíng xià lái

      突然下来

      The wind dropped all of a sudden.

    • shèng xià lái de jiù zhè me xiē

      下来这么

      This is all that's left.

  • 8

    v.(used after an adjective to indicate decrease of intensity)

    • tā de shēng yīn màn màn dī xià lái

      声音慢慢下来

      His voice trailed off.

    • ān jìng xià lái

      安静下来

      quiet down

    • màn xià lái

      下来

      slow down

    • tā de tài du ruǎn xià lái

      态度下来

      soften his stance

Word usage

  • Note
    "下来" is different from "下去". The form "adj. + 下来" specifically means "begin to appear", and the form "adj. + 下去" means "continue".
  • "下" and "来" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • He has something to do upstairs. He can't come down.

    • 楼梯

      You just hurt your leg. Can you get down the stairs?