Chinese word

剩下

Pronunciation

Pinyinshèng xià

Meaning

  • verbbe left

Example

桌子上只剩下一个苹果。zhuō zi shàng zhǐ shèng xià yí gè píng guǒ

Only one apple is left on the table.

Illustration for 剩下 (be left)

More examples

比赛还剩下十分钟。bǐ sài hái shèng xià shí fēn zhōng

There are still ten minutes left in the game.

Core concept

It marks the portion that survives a process of use, removal, or reduction.

Common phrases

  • 只剩下一个zhǐ shèng xià yí gè

    only one left

  • 还剩下多少hái shèng xià duō shǎo

    how much is left

  • 剩下的东西shèng xià de dōng xī

    what is left

Similar words

剩shèng: Remain after some of a total is used or removed, in a short spoken form.
留下liú xià: Keep a person or thing in a place instead of taking it away.
剩余shèng yú: Be left as a quantity or part after removal, especially in written language.

Definition in Chinese

指在总量中去掉一部分之后仍存在的数量或部分，常与数词连用。zhǐ zài zǒng liàng zhōng qù diào yí bù fèn zhī hòu réng cún zài de shù liàng huò bù fèn cháng yǔ shù cí lián yòng

Word origin

剩 (shèng, "remain") joins 下 (xià, "down") to present the remainder as the result left in place after an action.

Usage tips

  • A quantity normally follows 剩下 (shèngxià, "remain"), so the number comes after the verb in everyday quantity statements.

Other meanings

  • leftovernoun
  • be left oververb

Opposites

  • 用完yòng wánuse upverb
  • 吃光chī guāngeat upverb

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