下课

下課

xiàkè

verb HSK 1 #10,477

Meanings

1 to finish class
2 class is dismissed

Characters

to finish; to end

Examples

我们十一点下课。

Wǒmen shíyī diǎn xiàkè.

Our class finishes at eleven.

下课了！

Xiàkè le!

Class is over!

Tips

usage

In sports slang, 下课 is used for a coach being fired: 教练下课了 'The coach got sacked' (literally 'the coach's class is dismissed').

Stroke Order

下 xià

课 kè