EntryCommon
  1. to accept; to take; next; following

    trad. 接下來

Also written 接下來【jiē xià lái】

Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

down, downwards, below, lower, later, next (week etc), second (of two parts), to decline, to go down, to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc), measure word to show the frequency of an action

Pinyin
xià
Strokes
3
Frequency
184 of 2500
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to come, (used as a substitute for a more specific verb), hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]), ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]), for the past (amount of time), (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]), (between two verbs) in order to, (after a round number) approximately, (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])

Pinyin
lái
Traditional
Strokes
7
Frequency
33 of 2500