蹲下

dūnxià
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to squat down
  2. 2 to crouch down
  3. 3 to sit (dog command)

Examples

HSK 1
蹲下!好狗。
Dūnxià! Hǎo gǒu.
Sit! Good dog.
HSK 5
Tā dūnxià lái jì xiédài.
He squatted down to tie his shoelaces.

Tips

usage
蹲 is the classic East Asian flat-footed squat (feet flat, haunches low) - famously harder for Westerners. As a dog command, 蹲下 functions like 'sit' in English dog training. For humans, 蹲 is an everyday posture: waiting, smoking, chatting on street corners.

Stroke Order

蹲 dūn
下 xià