剩下 (shèng xià) — to be left (over), to remain | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to be left (over)to remain

Examples

剩下。
Wǒ zhī shèng xià shí kuài qián le.
I only have ten yuan left.
剩下。
shèng xià De shí jiān bù duō le.
There's not much time left.
，剩下。
Zhè xiē cài chī bù wán, míng tiān hái kě yǐ chī shèng xià de.
These dishes can't be finished; we can eat the leftovers tomorrow.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

剩shèngremain

下xiàleft behind

剩 expresses remaining, and 下 adds the sense of being left behind.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

乘

乘chéng剩shèng

Same sound today

剩 is made of 刀 (knife) as the meaning part and 乘 (chéng) as the sound part.

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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