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

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 sleep / to lie down

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

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 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

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

to sit down

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

to go bankrupt / to close down

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

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

to look down upon / to despise

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

to write down / to record / written account

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

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

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

to recline / to lie down

to reduce; to lower; to bring down

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

to spread / to circulate / to hand down

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 tear down / to demolish / to dismantle / to remove

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")

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

down-filled garment

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

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

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

to resolve / to decompose / to break down

to throw down / to fall / to drop and break

deposit / down payment

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

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

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

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

to blockade / to seal off / to lock down

to fall / to drop / to weigh down

to chop / to cut down / to throw sth at sb

to move up and down / to undulate / ups and downs

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

(medicine) to suffer paralysis / (fig.) to be paralyzed; to break down; to come to a standstill

to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats)

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

to block sb's path / to obstruct / to flag down (a taxi)

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

down payment / advance payment

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

to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach

to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops)

to defer / to postpone / to put off / to retard / to slow sth down

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

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

passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation

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

to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig

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

to plant; to grow / to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign) / to impose sth on sb / to stumble; to fall down

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

(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible

to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy

to leave behind / to hand down

to despise / to disdain / to look down upon

to reduce speed; to slow down

plain / simple / guileless / down-to-earth / sincere and honest

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

not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of

a problem appears / to break down

to look down upon; to hold in contempt

to burst; to rupture / (of a relationship etc) to break down

to bow / (literary) to bend down

sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head

to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert

to suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit

up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)

to inhibit / to keep down / to suppress

to pass on / to hand down / tradition has it that ... / according to legend

to collapse / to droop / to settle down

to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint

to count down / countdown

to look down on / to underestimate

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

(of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall

to move aside / to get out of the way / to back down / to concede

to reject / to turn down / to overrule

miniature / scaled-down / forming a microcosm

(of a shop) to close down; to go out of business