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下午

xià wǔ

HSK 3.0 · Level 1 Old HSK · Level 1

Meaning

Built from 2 characters (下 + 午), 下午 reads xià wǔ and sits in HSK 3.0 Level 1.

  1. afternoon
  2. CL:個|个[ge4]
  3. p.m.

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HSK 1 words — those sharing a character with 下午 come first.

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
一下儿 yī xià r erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4] 1
下车 xià chē to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) 1
下边 xià bian under; the underside; below 1
下雨 xià yǔ to rain 1
下次 xià cì next time 1
下班 xià bān to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc) 1
坐下 zuò xia to sit down 1
楼下 lóu xià downstairs 1

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