部下 meaning in English

bùxià

troops under one's command; subordinate

13 strokes

Meaning of 部下

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bùxià
  1. troops under one's command
  2. subordinate

部下 in example sentences

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

上shàng司sī不bù在zài,部bù下xià就jiù轻qīng松sōng自zì在zài。
When the cat is away, the mice will play.

Stroke order for each character

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部 bù · ministry · 10 strokes

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下 xià · down · 3 strokes

  1. 1
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  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 部下.

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
全部quánbùwhole; all

Questions about 部下

What does 部下 mean?

部下 (bùxià) means "troops under one's command; subordinate".

How do you write 部下?

部下 is made of 2 characters: 部 (10 strokes), 下 (3 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.