余下 (yú xià) — remaining, leftover

Definition

adjective
remainingleftover

Examples

  • 余下，。
    yú xià De shí jiān bù duō le, wǒ men dé zhuā jǐn.
    There isn't much time left; we need to hurry.
  • 余下。
    Zhè xiē yú xià de cái liào kě yǐ yòng yú xià yí gè xiàng mù.
    These leftover materials can be used for the next project.
  • 余下。
    Tā yòng yú xià de jī xù mǎi le yì běn shū.
    He used his remaining savings to buy a book.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

余yúremaining
下xiàdown/after

余 'remaining' plus 下 'down/after' gives what is left over.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 餘; 余 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
食食shí
Sound part声符shēngfú
余
余yú餘Yú
Same sound today

The traditional form 餘 pairs 食 (food) with 余 as its sound part; the simplified 余 is a later abbreviation.

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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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