下水道 meaning in English

xiàshuǐdào

underground drain; sewer

19 strokes

Meaning of 下水道

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiàshuǐdào
  1. underground drain; sewer

下水道 in example sentences

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

下xià水shuǐ道dào位wèi于yú道dào路lù下xià方fāng。
The sewer ran under the road.
下xià水shuǐ道dào堵dǔ了le。
The drains are blocked up.

Stroke order for each character

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

下 xià · down · 3 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3

水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

道 dào · road · 12 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
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  10. 10
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  12. 12

Related words

Words that share a character with 下水道.

知道zhīdàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
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
水果shuǐguǒfruit
下课xiàkèto finish class; to get out of class
下边xiàbianunder; the underside
一下儿yīxiàrerhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]

Questions about 下水道

What does 下水道 mean?

下水道 (xiàshuǐdào) means "underground drain; sewer".

How do you write 下水道?

下水道 is made of 3 characters: 下 (3 strokes), 水 (4 strokes), 道 (12 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.