下去

Character by character

• 下xià3 strokesHSK 1under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
• 去qù5 strokesHSK 1go away, leave, depart

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 下去. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 去qùHSK 1

  to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

• 下xiàHSK 1

  down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action

• 过去guò qùHSK 2

  (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

• 下来xià laiHSK 3

  to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)

• 下午xià wǔHSK 1

  afternoon; p.m.

• 出去chū qùHSK 1

  to go out

• 去年qù niánHSK 1

  last year

• 失去shī qùHSK 3

  to lose

• 回去huí quHSK 1

  to return; to go back

• 停下tíng xiàHSK 4

  to stop

• 留下liú xiàHSK 2

  to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go

• 下面xià miànHSK 3

  below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian]

• 进去jìn qùHSK 1

  to go in

• 剩下shèng xiàHSK 5

  to remain; to be left over

• 以下yǐ xiàHSK 2

  that level or lower; that amount or less; the following

• 上去shàng qùHSK 3

  to go up

• 放下fàng xiàHSK 2

  to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc)

• 下次xià cìHSK 1

  next time

• 下降xià jiàngHSK 4

  to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease

• 看上去kàn shang quHSK 3

  it would appear; it seems (that)

• 之下zhī xiàHSK 5

  under; beneath; less than

• 地下dì xiàHSK 4

  underground; subterranean; covert

• 接下来jiē xià láiHSK 2

  to accept; to take; next; following

• 下班xià bānHSK 1

  to finish work; to get off work