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

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

to come down
你下來吧。／你下来吧。 ― Nǐ xiàlái ba. ― Come down.
(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)