- 一(horizontal line; boundary)
- 卜(stroke descending downward)
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
Wheat (a plant with a person beneath it) is something people bring, so this character means 'to come' or 'to arrive'.
to come down
中从上面向下移动或到达下面的地方cóng shàngmiàn xiàng xià yídòng huò dàodá xiàmiàn de dìfang
(completed action marker)
中表示动作完成或继续进行biǎoshì dòngzuò wánchéng huò jìxù jìnxíng
The rain has stopped.
(after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
中表示从上面向下、向说话人这边移动的方向biǎoshì cóng shàngmiàn xiàngxià、xiàng shuōhuàrén zhèbiān yídòng de fāngxiàng
You come down here quickly!
(indicates continuation from the past towards us)
中从上面到下面;表示动作从过去继续到现在cóng shàngmiàn dào xiàmiàn; biǎoshì dòngzuò cóng guòqù jìxù dào xiànzài
to be over (of a period of time)
中停止;结束tíngzhǐ;jiéshù
This month has gone by and I've lost weight.
to go among the masses (said of leaders)
中领导者进入民众中间,接近普通人民lǐngdǎozhě jìnrù mínzhòng zhōngjiān、jiējìn pǔtōng rénmín
He came down from the mountain.
to be harvested (of crops)
中农作物成熟后被人们采摘或割取。nóngzuòwù chéngshú hòu bèi rénmen cǎizhāi huò gēqǔ。
When is the corn ready to harvest?
to come down
中从上面向下移动或到达下面的地方cóng shàngmiàn xiàng xià yídòng huò dàodá xiàmiàn de dìfang
(completed action marker)
中表示动作完成或继续进行biǎoshì dòngzuò wánchéng huò jìxù jìnxíng
The rain has stopped.
(after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
中表示从上面向下、向说话人这边移动的方向biǎoshì cóng shàngmiàn xiàngxià、xiàng shuōhuàrén zhèbiān yídòng de fāngxiàng
You come down here quickly!
(indicates continuation from the past towards us)
中从上面到下面;表示动作从过去继续到现在cóng shàngmiàn dào xiàmiàn; biǎoshì dòngzuò cóng guòqù jìxù dào xiànzài
to be over (of a period of time)
中停止;结束tíngzhǐ;jiéshù
This month has gone by and I've lost weight.
to go among the masses (said of leaders)
中领导者进入民众中间,接近普通人民lǐngdǎozhě jìnrù mínzhòng zhōngjiān、jiējìn pǔtōng rénmín
He came down from the mountain.
to be harvested (of crops)
中农作物成熟后被人们采摘或割取。nóngzuòwù chéngshú hòu bèi rénmen cǎizhāi huò gēqǔ。
When is the corn ready to harvest?
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
Wheat (a plant with a person beneath it) is something people bring, so this character means 'to come' or 'to arrive'.
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