腋下 meaning in English

yèxià

underarm; armpit

15 strokes

Meaning of 腋下

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yèxià
  1. underarm
  2. armpit

腋下 in example sentences

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

他tā把bǎ一yí个gè包bāo裹guǒ挟xié在zài腋yè下xià。
He held a package under his arm.
汤tāng姆mǔ把bǎ手shǒu臂bì勾gōu进jìn约yuē翰hàn的de腋yè下xià,把bǎ他tā翻fān了le过guò去qù。
Tom hooked his arm under John's shoulder and flipped him over.

Stroke order for each character

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腋 yè · armpit · 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

下 xià · down · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 腋下.

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 腋下

What does 腋下 mean?

腋下 (yèxià) means "underarm; armpit".

How do you write 腋下?

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