下面 xiàmian in a sentence
Underneath (below - next - lower levels - the following)
下面 (xiàmian) means Underneath (below - next - lower levels - the following). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请听 下面 的对话。
Qǐng tīng xiàmiàn de duìhuà.
Please listen to the following dialogue.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 对话
请完成 下面 的填空题。
Qǐng wánchéng xiàmiàn de tiánkòng tí.
Please complete the fill-in-the-blank questions below.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 填空
上面出错， 下面 遭殃。
Shàngmiàn chūcuò, xiàmiàn zāo yāng.
When those above blunder, those below suffer.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遭殃
生词 下面 都加了注释。
Shēngcí xiàmiàn dōu jiā le zhùshì.
Notes have been added under each new word.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 注释
水开始沸腾了，可以 下面 条了。
Shuǐ kāishǐ fèiténg le, kěyǐ xià miàntiáo le.
The water is boiling; you can put the noodles in.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 沸腾
大家在文章 下面 评论得很热烈。
Dàjiā zài wénzhāng xiàmiàn pínglùn de hěn rèliè.
People commented enthusiastically beneath the article.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 评论
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From the graded readers
照片上有四个年轻人，站在一棵大树 下面 。
zhàopiàn shàng yǒu sì gè niánqīngrén, zhàn zài yī kē dàshù xiàmian.
There were four young people in it, standing under a big tree.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
我走上台，看着 下面 那么多张脸，脑子忽然一片空白。
wǒ zǒushang tái, kànzhe xiàmian nàme duō zhāng liǎn, nǎozi hūrán yīpiàn kòngbái.
I walked on stage, looked at all those faces, and my mind went blank.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
Questions about 下面
How is 下面 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 下面 (xiàmian, "Underneath (below - next - lower levels - the following)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Where can I see the full entry for 下面?
The dictionary page for 下面 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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