下文 meaning in English

xiàwén

the text below; the following text; (fig.) what happened next; later developments

7 strokes

Meaning of 下文

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiàwén
  1. the text below; the following text
  2. (fig.) what happened next; later developments

下文 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

没méi有yǒu上shàng下xià文wén就jiù没méi有yǒu词cí义yì。
No context, no text.
独dú立lì的de句jù子zi和hé文wén章zhāng中zhōng的de句jù子zi的de区qū别bié在zài于yú后hòu者zhě具jù备bèi上shàng下xià文wén。
The difference between a standalone sentence and a sentence in the middle of an essay is that the latter has context.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

下 xià · down · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

文 wén · language · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 下文.

坐下zuò xiato sit down
下次xià cìnext time
下午xiàwǔafternoon; p.m.
下车xià chēto get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
楼下lóu xiàdownstairs
下班xiàbānto finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
下雨xià yǔto rain
中文ZhōngwénChinese language
下课xiàkèto finish class; to get out of class
下边xiàbianunder; the underside
课文kèwéntext
一下儿yīxiàrerhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]

Questions about 下文

What does 下文 mean?

下文 (xiàwén) means "the text below; the following text; (fig.) what happened next; later developments".

How do you write 下文?

下文 is made of 2 characters: 下 (3 strokes), 文 (4 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.