下楼

• 拼音: xià lóu
• 汉字拆解: 下 = pictograph pointing downward; 楼 = 木 (wood) + 娄 (phonetic) — multi-storey wooden building

含义

To go downstairs; to come down from an upper floor.

A directional verb compound commonly used in everyday life in buildings with multiple floors. Often combined with directional complements: 下楼来 (come down here), 下楼去 (go down there). Opposite: 上楼 (go upstairs).

例句

1. 妈妈叫我下楼吃饭，我马上就去。
2. 他提着行李慢慢地下楼去停车场。
3. 电梯坏了，我们只能走楼梯下楼。

用法指南

语境: everyday, home

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 快下楼，出租车到了！(Come downstairs quickly, the taxi has arrived!)
• 他每天早上下楼去买早餐。(He goes downstairs every morning to buy breakfast.)

错误说法

• 把下楼用于描述从山上或地面走下来的动作。(Don't use 下楼 for descending from a mountain or ground-level steps — use 下山 for a mountain, and 下台阶 or 下楼梯 for steps/staircases.)

起源与历史

Directional verb compound of 下 (down/descend) and 楼 (building/floor), meaning 'to go down the building.'

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal