楼下 (樓下)
lóu xià
Pinyin

Definition

楼下 (樓下)
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lóu xià
  1. downstairs

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
下
xià
  1. 1 down
  2. 2 downwards
  3. 3 below
  4. 4 lower
  5. 5 later
  6. 6 next (week etc)
  7. 7 second (of two parts)
  8. 8 to decline
  9. 9 to go down
  10. 10 to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. 11 measure word to show the frequency of an action
下午
xià wǔ
  1. 1 afternoon
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 p.m.
下载
xià zǎi
  1. 1 to download
  2. 2 also pr. [xià zài]
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule

Idioms (20)

三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
  1. 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
上有天堂，下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策，下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation

Sample Sentences

谁在楼下？
shéi zài lóuxià ？
Who is downstairs?
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楼上、楼下
lóushàng 、lóuxià
Upstairs, downstairs
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你在楼上，还是楼下？
nǐ zài lóuxià ，háishì lóuxià ？
Are you upstairs or are you downstairs?
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你我约在楼下的咖咖咖咖啡店
nǐwǒ yuē zài lóuxià de kā kā kā kāfēidiàn
You and I meet downstairs in a c-c-c-cafe
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吵死了，快关窗！楼下又在跳广场舞了，还放这么大声的音乐！天天晚上跳，这些老阿姨又不用上班，白天不能跳啊！真受不了！
chǎo sǐ le ，kuài guān chuāng ！lóuxià yòu zài tiào guǎngchǎng wǔ le ，hái fàng zhème dà shēng de yīnyuè ！tiāntiān wǎnshang tiào ，zhèxiē lǎoāyí yòu bùyòng shàngbān ，báitiān bùnéng tiào ā ！zhēn shòubuliǎo ！
It's so noisy! Close the window! There are people dancing downstairs in the square again. They are playing such loud music! They dance every night. These old ladies don't have to work. Can't they dance during the day? It's unbearable!
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赶快脱了，往楼下跑。
gǎnkuài tuō le ，wǎng lóuxià pǎo 。
Take them off quick! Run downstairs!
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我是住在你们楼下的。你们这么吵，让我们怎么睡觉？
wǒ shì zhù zài nǐmen lóuxià de 。nǐmen zhème chǎo ，ràng wǒmen zěnme shuìjiào ？
I live in the floor below you. You all are so noisy. How are we supposed to sleep?
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好，一共是30美元。我们不收信用卡，只收现金。楼下有ATM。
hǎo ，yīgòng shì sānshí měiyuán 。wǒmen bù shōu xìnyòngkǎ ，zhǐ shōu xiànjīn 。lóuxià yǒu ATM 。
OK. The total is 30 US dollars. We don't accept credit cards, only cash. There's an ATM downstairs.
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