"狗在椅子下。"

Translation: The dog is under the chair.

[HannahBanana427]

Shouldn't this be "狗在椅子下边"? I thought "边" was necessary to indicate the location of an object.

[Cinnamon5230]

Not necessary, But in real life, yes. 狗在椅子下边 / 狗在椅子下面 is more natural.

[DariusLee3]

Omitting the last word is a way to shorten sentences in Chinese writing. In ancient Chinese scriptures, the meanings of the sentences can be concentrated into even less words, but each word may have more meanings. In this case, an ancient way of saying it may be 犬於座下 (dog -
at - chair - under) haha

[wegou]

下边 is not commonly use in Chinese.
use 下面 is more natural.
边 Means Edge.It's a 2 dimensional thing. It is combined with 前后左右
面 Means surface.It's three dimensional. It's combined with 前后左右上下

[BenjaminLi683745]

"The dog is below the chair" should be correct as well no?

[Eric492387]

"The dog is below the chair" should also be correct.

[madsciencer]

I said "A dog is under the chair" and was marked wrong. Is there a difference in the chinese between the two?

[samhamtha]

I think "the dog is under the seat" should also be correct

[Brian894876]

"The

[SuperbugBS]

The voice recognition stops after the first letter every single time

[SuperbugBS]

Only since today

[dqz9H]

The word dog has a weird gap after it

[Stefano.Frassi]

Why is the cat always 'on the chair', while the dog is always 'under the chair'? I feel this is rather discriminatory versus dogs!