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

HSK 1

我们十一点下课。

Wǒmen shíyī diǎn xiàkè.

Our class finishes at eleven.

HSK 1

下课了！

Xiàkè le!

Class is over!

HSK 3

下课以后，我们一起去吃饭。

Xiàkè yǐhòu, wǒmen yìqǐ qù chīfàn.

After class, let’s go eat together.

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