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下课

xià kè

2-character word Traditional 下課

What 下课 means

1. to finish class
2. to get out of class
3. (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed
4. to be fired

The characters in 下课

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 课kèsubject; course; class

Example sentences

• 下课了吗？
  Xiàkè le ma?
  You get out of class?
• 你几点下课？
  Nǐ jǐdiǎn xiàkè?
  What time do you get out of class?
• 您几点下课？
  At what time does your class end?
• 请你读一下课文。
  Qǐng nǐ dú yīxià kèwén.
  Please read the passage.
• 离下课还有十分钟。
  Ten minutes remained until the end of the lesson.
• 他们四十分钟之后下课。
  They'll get out of class in forty minutes.