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xià
HSK 5freq #1856

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xià
  1. 1.to frighten
  2. 2.to scare
  1. 1.to scare
  2. 2.to intimidate
  3. 3.to threaten
  4. 4.(interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut
  5. 5.(interjection showing astonishment)

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.Classifier for the number of occurrences: time
  2. 2.(as complement) short for 一下
  3. 3.for a short time; for one moment
  4. 4.give something a go
  5. 5.synonym of 點 /点 (diǎn): an ancient unit of time, equal to 24 minutes
  6. 6.low; short
  7. 7.grammatical particle used to stress brief activities. for a while; for a moment
  8. 8.sentence-final particle used as question tag
  9. 9.sentence-final particle used to remind someone of something / give caution; OK?
  10. 10.huh?; what? Used to express confusion, doubt, surprise, or disbelief.
  11. 11.Used to an ongoing action that is interrupted by some other action. The verb is always reduplicated.
  12. 12.Used in place names.
  13. 13.to fool; to cheat
  14. 14.to keep (especially a child) in good humor; to coax
  15. 15.to frighten; to menace; to threaten; to intimidate by violent language
  16. 16.to scold loudly
  17. 17.only used in 欸乃 (ǎinǎi, “an onomatopoeia”)
  18. 18.An interjection calling attention.
  19. 19.An interjection expressing surprise.
  20. 20.An interjection expressing disapproval.

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Etymology

Ideogram (指事): short horizontal below long arc (contrast 上). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(k/g)la-k/j/t (“to fall”) (STEDT): * inside Sinitic, cognate with 落 (OC *ɡ·raːɡ, “to fall, to drop”), 露 (OC *ɡ·raːɡs, “dew”), 陊 (OC *l'aːlʔ, *l'alʔ, “to collapse”) and 阤 (OC *l'alʔ, *hljalʔ, “hillside, slope”); * outside Sinitic, cognate with Mizo tla ~ tlâk (“to fall”), thla ~ thlâk (“to drop”), Burmese ကျ (kya., “to fall”) and ချ (hkya., “to drop”). Schuessler (2007) instead proposed an Austroasiatic origin by comparing 下 (OC *ɡraːʔ, “to descend, down, below”) to Khmer [script needed] (gra'ka, “be low, debased”); additionally, he suggested that Sino-Tibetan influence had possibly caused the weakening of foreign final *-k to OC final *-ʔ. He derives the departing tone (去聲) pronunciation via two derivations: * 下 (OC *ɡraːs, “to be put down”) is an exopassive derivation (ibid.); * 下 (OC *ɡraːs, “to descend, to fall”) is a later, general departing tone derivative (ibid.).

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