下游 meaning in English

xiàyóu

lower reaches (of a river); lower level

HSK 7-9noun15 strokes

Meaning of 下游

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiàyóu
  1. lower reaches (of a river)
  2. lower level
  3. lower echelon
  4. downstream

下游 in example sentences

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

我wǒ们men乘chéng著zhù独dú木mù舟zhōu向xiàng河hé的de下xià游yóu而ér行xíng。
We went down a river by canoe.

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

游 yóu · to swim · 12 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12

Related words

Words that share a character with 下游.

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
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]
留下liúxiato leave behind; to stay behind
放下fàngxiato lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside

Questions about 下游

What does 下游 mean?

下游 (xiàyóu) means "lower reaches (of a river); lower level" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 下游?

下游 is made of 2 characters: 下 (3 strokes), 游 (12 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

Is 下游 an HSK word?

Yes. 下游 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.