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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 之下

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
之下 zhī xià - under
- beneath
- less than

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 3,297 2,203 4,814

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it
xià- down
- downwards
- below
- lower
- later
- next (week etc)
- second (of two parts)
- to decline
- to go down
- to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- measure word to show the frequency of an action

Other Words Containing 之下

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
之下 - 5 3,297 2,203 4,814
相比之下 - 9 21,234 - -
一气之下 - - 38,812 27,917 26,563