# 私下 (sīxià)

In Mandarin Chinese, 私下 (sīxià) means “in private; privately”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: in private; privately
- Pinyin: sīxià (si1 xia4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这个问题我们可以私下讨论。
  Zhège wèntí wǒmen kěyǐ sīxià tǎolùn.
  We can discuss this problem in private.

## Characters

- 私 (sī): personal; private; selfish
- [下](https://hanziro.com/word/xia-down/) (xià): down; below

https://hanziro.com/word/si-xia-in-private/

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