Meaning of 剩下
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to remain; to be left over
How to use 剩下
剩下 is a verb meaning to be left over or to remain. It often comes before the thing that remains, or appears as 剩下的 meaning "the rest." Example: 钱只剩下十块了。(Qián zhǐ shèngxia shí kuài le.) There are only ten yuan left.
剩 (shèng) means surplus or left over, and 下 (xià) means down. Picture leftover food that stays down on the plate after everyone has eaten: what is 剩下 is what remains.
Common mistake: Learners often say 留下 (liúxia) when they mean 剩下. 留下 means someone deliberately keeps or leaves something behind, while 剩下 means something is left over after the rest is used up. Also note that 下 is usually unstressed here, so say shèngxia, not a strong shèng xià.
剩下 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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剩 shèng · to remain · 12 strokes
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下 xià · down · 3 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 剩下.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 放下 | fàngxia | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside |
Questions about 剩下
What does 剩下 mean?
剩下 (shèngxia) means "to remain; to be left over".
How do you write 剩下?
剩下 is made of 2 characters: 剩 (12 strokes), 下 (3 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 剩下 an HSK word?
Yes. 剩下 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do I say "the rest" or "the remaining ones" with 剩下?
Add 的 to make 剩下的 (shèngxia de), which works like a noun. For example, 剩下的我明天做 (shèngxia de wǒ míngtiān zuò) means "I'll do the rest tomorrow."
What is the difference between 剩下 and 剩?
Both mean to be left over, and 剩 alone is common in speech, as in 还剩多少 (hái shèng duōshao), "how much is left." 剩下 adds a sense of what remains after something is used up or taken away, and it is the form used in 剩下的.