Chinese symbol for “downstream”
下水
xià shuǐ
downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for downstream is 下水 (xià shuǐ), defined as: downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “downstream”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 下水.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly |
| 以下 | yǐ xià | that level or lower; that amount or less |
| 下来 (下來) | xià lai | to come down; (completed action marker) |
| 下载 (下載) | xià zǎi | to download; also pr. [xia4zai4] |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon; 个 (gè) |
| 下去 | xià qù | to go down; to descend |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “downstream”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.