下去

Chinese

 
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
to go; to leave; to remove
simp. and trad.
(下去)

Pronunciation


Verb

下去

  1. to go down
  2. (used after a verb) down (away from oneself)
  3. Used as a complement to a verb:
    1. down (indicating motion to a lower or farther position)
      下去   rēng xiàqù   to toss downwards
    2. on (to continue; to go on); down (e.g. passed down)
      下去 / 下去   méi fǎ kàn xiàqù   unable to continue watching
      習俗一代一代下去 [MSC, trad.]
      习俗一代一代下去 [MSC, simp.]
      Zhè ge xísú bèi yīdài yīdài de chuán xiàqù. [Pinyin]
      This custom was passed down from one generation to another.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 下去 (“to go down”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 下去
Mandarin Beijing 下去
Taiwan 下去
Cantonese Guangzhou 落去
Hong Kong 落去
Gan Nanchang 下去
Hakka Meixian 落去
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 下去
Liudui (S. Sixian) 下去
Hsinchu (Hailu) 下去
Dongshi (Dabu) 落去
Hsinchu (Raoping) 下去
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 落去
Jin Taiyuan 下去
Min Nan Xiamen 落去
Quanzhou 落去
Zhangzhou 落去
Taipei 落去
Kaohsiung 落去
Chaozhou 落去
Shantou 落去
Wu Shanghai 下去
Wenzhou 走落
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