Chinese symbol for “remain”
剩下
shèng xià
to remain; to be left over
The closest CC-CEDICT match for remain is 剩下 (shèng xià), defined as: to remain; to be left over.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “remain”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剩 | shèng | to remain; to be left |
| 剩余 (剩餘) | shèng yú | to remain; to be left over; what remains; what's left |
| 残留 (殘留) | cán liú | to remain; to be left over; residual; remnant |
| 待 | dāi | to stay; to remain |
| 停留 | tíng liú | to stay for a time; to stop; to remain; to remain (at a stage, level etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 剩下.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剩余 (剩餘) | shèng yú | to remain; to be left over; what remains; what's left |
| 过剩 (過剩) | guò shèng | to be excessive; to be more than is required |
| 所剩无几 (所剩無幾) | suǒ shèng wú jǐ | there is not much left |
| 剩饭 (剩飯) | shèng fàn | leftover food |
| 剩菜 | shèng cài | leftovers (food) |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “remain”.
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.