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下来

xiàlái

Traditional: 下來

to come down

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Meaning of 下来 in English

xiàláiHSK 2verbSyllabus #458
  1. to come down
  2. to be harvested (of crops)
  3. to be over (of a period of time)
  4. to go among the masses (said of leaders)
  5. (completed action marker)
  6. (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
  7. (indicates continuation from the past towards us)

Example sentences

  1. 他们在乡村安定了下来。
    tā men zài xiāng cūn ān dìng le xià lái。
    They settled in the country.
    Tatoeba #490047 by fucongcong · #307218 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 我把书放下来然后开灯。
    wǒ bǎ shū fàng xià lái rán hòu kāi dēng。
    I put the book down and turned on the light.
    Tatoeba #10252129 by GlossaMatik · #261744 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 她从梯子上摔了下来。
    tā cóng tī zi shàng shuāi le xià lái。
    She fell down the ladder.
    Tatoeba #7772608 by jiangche · #310894 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

下 on its own →
xià · measure word to show the frequency of an

HSK words with 下

下HSK 1下雨HSK 1下班HSK 1下课HSK 1下午HSK 1一下HSK 1下面HSK 2下去HSK 2以下HSK 3底下HSK 4
来 on its own →
lái · to come

HSK words with 来

来HSK 1出来HSK 2过来HSK 2回来HSK 2进来HSK 2起来HSK 2上来HSK 2后来HSK 3看来HSK 3来自HSK 3

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences