许下 meaning in English

xǔxià

to make a promise

Traditional 許下9 strokes

Meaning of 许下

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xǔxià
  1. to make a promise

许下 in example sentences

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

也yě许xǔ下xià一yī次cì吧ba。
Maybe next time.
也yě许xǔ下xià午wǔ会huì下xià雨yǔ。
Perhaps it'll rain in the afternoon.
你nǐ有yǒu没méi有yǒu许xǔ下xià什shén么me新xīn年nián愿yuàn望wàng?
Did you make any New Year's resolutions?
小xiǎo朋péng友yǒu们men经jīng常cháng给gěi圣shèng诞dàn老lǎo人rén写xiě信xìn,许xǔ下xià自zì己jǐ的de愿yuàn望wàng。
Children often send letters to Santa with their wishes.

Stroke order for each character

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

许 xǔ · to allow · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

下 xià · down · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 许下.

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]
也许yěxǔperhaps; maybe
留下liúxiato leave behind; to stay behind

Questions about 许下

What does 许下 mean?

许下 (xǔxià) means "to make a promise".

How do you write 许下?

许下 is made of 2 characters: 许 (6 strokes), 下 (3 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

How is 许下 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 许下 is written 許下.