下來

See also: 下来

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to come
trad. (下來)		下	來
simp. (下来)		下	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ loi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hâ-lòi
• Jin (Wiktionary): ha³ lai^1-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hǎ-lâi / hā-lâi / hēe-lâi
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶gho-le₆ / ²gho₆-le₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàlái → xiàlai (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄞˊ → ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄌㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàlåi
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-lai⁵
    • Yale: syà-lai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah.lai
    • Palladius: сялай (sjalaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/ → /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ laɪ̯¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ loi⁴
    • Yale: hah lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² lɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâ-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ha^ˊ loi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ha¹ loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /ha²⁴ loi̯¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ha³ lai^1-2
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xa⁴⁵ lai¹¹⁻⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: hǎ-lâi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² lai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: hā-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxlaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: hēe-lâi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ lai¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gho-le₆
    • MiniDict: gho^去 le^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hho-le₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦo²² le⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²gho₆-le₂
    • MiniDict: gho^去 le^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦo²² le³³/

Verb

下來

1. to come down

   你下來吧。／你下来吧。  ―  Nǐ xiàlái ba.  ―  Come down.

2. (used after a verb) down (toward oneself, or figuratively)

   決定下來／决定下来  ―  juédìng xiàlái  ―  to make a decision

   跌下來／跌下来  ―  diē xiàlái  ―  to fall down

   這篇文章寫得多棒啊，背下來。 [MSC, trad.]
   这篇文章写得多棒啊，背下来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè piān wénzhāng xiěde duō bàng a, bèi xiàlái. [Pinyin]

   How excellently written is this article! Learn it by heart.

   轟隆一聲巨響，房子倒塌下來。 [MSC, trad.]
   轰隆一声巨响，房子倒塌下来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hōnglōng yī shēng jùxiǎng, fángzi dǎotā xiàlái. [Pinyin]

   The house collapsed with a thundering sound.

Derived terms

• 停下來／停下来 (tíngxiàlái)
• 寫下來／写下来 (xiěxiàlái)
• 接下來／接下来 (jiē xiàlai)

 

See also

• (Hokkien, Teochew) 落來／落来 (lo̍h-lâi)
• (Cantonese) 落嚟 (lok6 lei4)