下水 meaning in English
downstream; to go into the water
7 strokes
Meaning of 下水
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xiàshuǐ
- downstream
- to go into the water
- to put into water
- to launch (a ship)
- fig. to fall into bad ways
- to lead astray
- to go to pot
xiàshui
- offal
- viscera
- tripe
下水 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
下水道位于道路下方。
The sewer ran under the road.
下水道堵了。
The drains are blocked up.
Stroke order for each character
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下 xià · down · 3 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Related words
Words that share a character with 下水.
| 坐下 | zuò xia | to sit down |
| 下次 | xià cì | next time |
| 下午 | xiàwǔ | afternoon; p.m. |
| 下车 | xià chē | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 楼下 | lóu xià | downstairs |
| 下班 | xiàbān | to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc) |
| 下雨 | xià yǔ | to rain |
| 水果 | shuǐguǒ | fruit |
| 下课 | xiàkè | to finish class; to get out of class |
| 下边 | xiàbian | under; the underside |
| 一下儿 | yīxiàr | erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4] |
| 留下 | liúxia | to leave behind; to stay behind |
Questions about 下水
What does 下水 mean?
下水 (xiàshuǐ) means "downstream; to go into the water".
How do you write 下水?
下水 is made of 2 characters: 下 (3 strokes), 水 (4 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.