水下 (shuǐ xià) — underwater; submerged | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

adjective

underwatersubmerged

Examples

水下。
Zhè ge shuǐ xià shì jiè fēi cháng měi lì.
This underwater world is very beautiful.
水下。
Tā men zhèng zài jìn xíng shuǐ xià pāi shè.
They are doing underwater filming.
水下。
shuǐ xià Kǎo gǔ xū yào zhuān yè shè bèi.
Underwater archaeology requires professional equipment.

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.

水下 puts 水, water, with 下, below, to describe something lying under the surface.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.

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.

Appears in

Boats & Water Travel

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