下移 (xià yí) — to move down; to shift downward

Definition

verb
to move downto shift downward

Examples

  • 下移。
    Qǐng bǎ zhè jù huà xià yí yì háng.
    Please move this sentence down one line.
  • 下移。
    Nǐ kě yǐ yòng shǔ biāo tuō zhuài xià yí zhè ge tú biāo.
    You can drag this icon down with the mouse.
  • 下移。
    Zuì jìn wù jià zhǐ shù yǒu suǒ xià yí.
    The price index has moved down somewhat recently.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

下xiàdownward
移yímove

下 means downward and 移 means move, so together they mean to move down.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
禾禾hé
Sound part声符shēngfú
多
多duō移
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

移 pairs 禾, a grain plant, with 多, which gives the sound.

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