写下 (xiěxià): to write down

Meanings

1 to write down
2 to record in writing

Characters

写

down; directional complement indicating downward action

Examples

请把你的名字和电话写下来。

Qǐng bǎ nǐ de míngzì hé diànhuà xiě xià lái.

Please write down your name and phone number.

他写下了自己的心得体会。

Tā xiě xià le zìjǐ de xīndé tǐhuì.

He wrote down his personal reflections.

Tips

grammar

写下 is often followed by 来 to form 写下来, which emphasizes completing the action and capturing something permanently. 写下 alone is also correct and slightly more literary.

Stroke Order

写 xiě

下 xià

Related Words

写作 xiězuò HSK 3 #4,860

writing / to write / to compose

下 xià HSK 2 #83

down / below / under / next / to go down

写信 xiěxìn #4,039

to write a letter

倒下 dǎoxià HSK 7 #4,263

to fall down / to collapse / to be struck down

记下 jìxià #23,266

to write down / to note down / to jot down

写 xiě HSK 1 #269

to write

下去 xiàqù HSK 3 #435

to go down / to continue (doing something)

下来 xiàlai HSK 3 #284

to come down

跪下 guìxià #4,909

to kneel down / to get on one's knees

扔下 rēngxià #5,051

to throw down / to abandon / to leave behind