| | low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline | HSK 2 |
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| | 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") | HSK 5 |
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| | in a low voice / (speak) in whispers | HSK 2 |
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| | low temperature | HSK 6 |
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| | low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (attributive) low-carbon; low-carb (diet) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate | HSK 7-9 |
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| | short and small / low and small / undersized | HSK 4 |
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| | low price | HSK 7-9 |
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| | diet; low-calorie (drink etc) | |
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| | bicycle or tricycle equipped with a small motor (electric or fuel); (in modern use) electric bicycle; low-powered e-scooter | |
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| | person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character | HSK 7-9 |
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| | blurred (landscape etc) / low (spirits) / in a slump (economy) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | thigh / part of a whole; portion of a sum / (finance) stock; share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科 / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions | HSK 6 |
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| | 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 | |
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| | to sell large volumes of goods at low profit margins (as a business strategy) | |
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| | dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless / in low spirits / washed out | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to be on the low side; to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary) | |
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| | podium building (low-rise structure attached to or surrounding a high-rise tower) | |
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| | (of a person) short / (of a wall etc) low / (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than) | HSK 4 |
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| | low fat | |
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| | low interest | |
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| | low-cost carrier; low-cost airline; budget airline (abbr. for 廉價航空｜廉价航空) | |
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| | to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched | |
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| | a low fever (up to 38°C) | |
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| | to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting) | HSK 6 |
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| | cheaply-priced; low-cost | HSK 7-9 |
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| | low-gluten flour / cake flour / pastry flour / soft flour | |
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| | low level of spending; small expenditure | |
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| | low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior | |
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| | short / low | |
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| | low-end | |
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| | low pressure / low voltage | |
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| | low marks / low score | |
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| | low-powered motorized scooter or bike | |
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| | mid-to-low-range | |
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| | low level | |
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| | racing driver (in a car race); rider (in a motorcycle or bicycle race) / (Tw) low-level operative in a scam syndicate | |
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| | low-interest | |
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| | to have low self-esteem / to abase oneself | HSK 7-9 |
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| | cheap / inexpensive / low | |
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| | low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene | |
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| | inferior quality / substandard / low-grade | |
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| | low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior | |
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| | in a whisper / in a low voice (idiom) | |
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| | low level | |
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| | low income | |
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| | in a low voice / softly | |
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| | laughable low-budget special effects | |
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| | low consumption (energy, fuel etc) | |
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| | low-lying | |
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| | (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒｜正锋 and 側鋒｜侧锋) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things | |
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| | valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to chat with a low voice | |
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| | low-rent housing | |
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| | low speed | |
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| | to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low | |
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| | to murmur / to speak in a low voice | |
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| | to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums | |
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| | low gear; bottom gear | |
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| | low cost / inexpensive | |
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| | low tide / low ebb | |
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| | low-dimensional (math.) | |
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| | lowly / mean and low | |
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| | hill cemetery / graveyard / grave / grave mound / low wall at the back of a traditional tomb | |
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| | low pressure / depression (meteorology) | |
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| | (mechanics) cold treatment / to downplay; to handle in a low-key way | |
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| | to amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom) | |
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| | (bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate / (bound form) to be subordinate to / (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters) | |
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| | to droop / to hang low | |
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| | low yield | |
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| | housing project for low-income urban residents | |
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| | safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception) | |
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| | crawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors / toadying and bullying | |
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| | low fidelity / lo-fi | |
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| | low-quality goods / scumbag / bitch | |
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| | valley floor / (fig.) lowest ebb / all-time low | |
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| | to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush | HSK 7-9 |
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| | low-grade fever (37.3–38°C) | |
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| | flat bottomed / low heeled | |
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| | strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields | |
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| | low-top (shoes) | |
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| | a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature | |
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| | low-alcohol beer / non-alcoholic beer (typically, 0.5% ABV or less) | |
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| | low-paid workers in industries that offer jobs for the unskilled / derogatory-sounding abbr. for 低端產業從業人口｜低端产业从业人口 | |
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| | (calque of "tittytainment") low-brow entertainment that distracts the poor from their circumstances; mindless entertainment | |
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| | to lurk under water / to immerse oneself in (study etc) / to lie low; to keep a low profile / quiet; reserved; self-possessed | |
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| | low-cut neckline | |
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| | slow; low-speed | |
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| | can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one | |
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| | low-enriched uranium (LEU) | |
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| | low-level (computer) language | |
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| | scarce water / low water level | |
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| | to hold each other in low regard | |
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| | decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape | |
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| | low grade ore | |
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| | to take shelter from the wind / to lie low / to stay out of trouble | |
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| | whispering in a low voice (idiom); murmuring | |
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