low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline

down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid

to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)

bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost

to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet

to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure

I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint

to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw

the top and bottom of sth / the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom / to go up and down / before and after (as in 上下文 "context") / (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so / (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 "harmony between superiors and subordinates") / all members of a group (as in 舉國上下｜举国上下 "the entire nation") / relative superiority (as in 不相上下 "evenly matched")

contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切 phonetic system

to sit down

(of a pupil) to write down (in a dictation exercise); dictation / (music) to transcribe by ear

to bestow (a reward) / to give (to an inferior) / to hand down / a reward (bestowed by a superior) / to appreciate (beauty)

to write down / to record / written account

to go bankrupt / to close down

to lay down; to put down / to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)

to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL: 本

bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張｜张) / bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc) / frame; chassis / classifier for blankets, quilts etc

to close; to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down

to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts

to look down upon / to despise

to sleep / to lie down

to resolve / to decompose / to break down

to close; to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)

hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分)

to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks)

to reduce; to lower; to bring down

to find a place for / to help settle down / to arrange for / to get into bed / placement

saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on

to throw down / to fall / to drop and break

to recline / to lie down

to spread / to circulate / to hand down

to cut the price / to drive down the price / to get cheaper

to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement

to such an extent as to / down to / up to

to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend

to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)

deposit / down payment

down-filled garment

rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL: 副, 幅

to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground

to tear down / to demolish / to dismantle / to remove

to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy

to cease trading (temporarily or permanently) / to close down

to tear open / to tear down / to tear apart / to open

to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music)

(coll.) to back down; to concede defeat; to lose one's nerve

duck down

to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set

to demote / to pass down to a lower unit

down to / up to / to such an extent as to ... / also written 以至於｜以至于

down to / up to / to the extent that...

to count down / countdown

to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt

to suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit

(of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom

(coll.) (of a hen) to sit in the nest to lay or hatch eggs / (fig.) (of a person) to be laid up from illness or exhaustion / (fig.) (of a machine, vehicle etc) to break down; to be out of commission

(idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life

to overlook / to look down at

down / downward

lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信｜韩信 being made Grand General 大將軍｜大将军 / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor

to sink down

down payment / advance payment

in a mess / upside down

to drop anchor / (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down

(old) Down syndrome; trisomy 21

to drag / to tow / to trail / to hang down / to mop (the floor) / to delay / to drag on

to get married and start a career (idiom) / to settle down / to establish oneself

lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life; daily routine; to go about one's daily life

to lay down (a rule, a plan of action) / to draw up / booked out (i.e. already fully booked)

down / felt

to look down at (from a high vantage point)

(of wind etc) to subside; to die down / to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc)

to pour / to pour down (of rain) / to lay a bet

elegant, almond-shaped eyes with the inner canthus pointing down and the outer canthus up, like the eye of a phoenix

to burn down (idiom)

(literary) to slow down one's steps; to come to a halt

to place (food) on the table / to sit down to eat (at the dining table)

to reduce speed; to slow down

knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)

man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress

to crack down on / to take severe measures against

reasonably priced / inexpensive / to keep prices down / (currency exchange) parity

(idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down

to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record

lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease / to give in

to knock down / knocked down

to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist

passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation

to size sb up / to look sb up and down / to take the measure of / to suppose / to reckon

to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination

to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain

Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥｜崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓｜岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣｜滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi

to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... !

to cut down / to reduce / to lower

to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook

passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down

to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately