# 之下 (zhīxià)

In Mandarin Chinese, 之下 (zhīxià) means “under; beneath; less than”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: under; beneath; less than
- Pinyin: zhīxià (zhi1 xia4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 相比之下，这个方法更好。
  Xiāngbǐ zhīxià, zhège fāngfǎ gèng hǎo.
  In comparison, this method is better.

## Characters

- [之](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-possessive-marker/) (zhī): (particle) possessive marker; him, her, it
- [下](https://hanziro.com/word/xia-down/) (xià): down; below

https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-xia-under/

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