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下去

xià qù

HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word

下去 (xià qù) means "go down (away from the speaker)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 下去 means

1. to go down
2. to descend
3. to go on
4. to continue
5. (of a servant) to withdraw

How 下去 is used in grammar

下去 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Complex directionals: V+起来/下去/出来 (HSK 4)
• Directional Complements: Temporal Meaning (HSK 5)
• Directional Complements: Extended Stative Meanings (HSK 6)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 2, complement (趋向补语); level 5, complement (趋向补语).

The characters in 下去

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last

Example sentences

• 我将会活下去。
  Wǒ jiānghuì huóxiàqù.
  I will live.
• 请继续说下去。
  Please go on with your story.
• 我吃不下去了。
  I can't eat any more.
• 还有两站下去。
  There are still two stops left.
• 汤姆跑了下去。
  Tom ran downstairs.

Words containing 下去

• 活下去huó xià qùto survive; to keep on living
• 活不下去huó bù xià quimpossible to make a living
• 比下去bǐ xià qùto defeat; to be superior to
• 坚持下去jiān chí xià qùto press on

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xià qù correctly.
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