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下来

xià lai

HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Traditional 下來

下来 (xià lái) means "come down (toward the speaker)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 下来 means

1. to come down
2. (completed action marker)
3. (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
4. (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
5. to be harvested (of crops)
6. to be over (of a period of time)
7. to go among the masses (said of leaders)

How 下来 is used in grammar

下来 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.

• 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 3, complement (趋向补语).

The characters in 下来

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…

Example sentences

• 留下来了
  Liúxià lái le
  It is left here.
• 写下来！
  Write it down!
• 留下来！
  Stay!
• 你躺下来。
  You lie down.
• 冷静下来！
  Get a grip on yourself!
• 从那儿下来！
  Get down from there.

Words containing 下来

• 接下来jiē xià láito accept; to take; next
• 停下来tíng xià láito stop

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