Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT

Welcome to the MDBG free online English to Chinese dictionary, the no. 1 Chinese study aid! This website offers more than just a Chinese to English and English to Chinese dictionary, it offers various tools such as: flashcards, quizzes, text annotation, Chinese text input, written Chinese and more. The MDBG dictionary is used in many schools and universities all over the world, discover why! Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!

Chinese dictionary for Windows 10

MDBG Chinese Reader is the perfect dictionary application for Microsoft Windows. Translate Chinese text and Lookup Mandarin pinyin for Chinese words easily. Just glide your mouse over the Chinese text and a pop-up window shows English translations and Mandarin pronunciations. Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!


handwriting
Auto complete input: off | on

100 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *下* | 下* | *下
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
HSK 1
to finish work; to get off work / next service (train, bus, etc)
HSK 1
afternoon / CL: 個|个 / p.m.
HSK 1
next time
HSK 1
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
HSK 1
to sit down
HSK 1
downstairs
HSK 1
to rain
HSK 1
to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired
HSK 1
erhua variant of 一下
HSK 1
under / the underside / below
HSK 1
to lay down; to put down / to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)
HSK 2
to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go
HSK 2
next week
HSK 2
below zero
HSK 2
to snow
HSK 2
that level or lower / that amount or less / the following
HSK 2
to accept / to take / next / following
HSK 2
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)
HSK 3
to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw
HSK 3
the location below sth / afterwards
HSK 3
below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5]
HSK 3
to boil noodles
HSK 3
to download / also pr. [xia4zai4]
HSK 4
to go downstairs
HSK 4
underground / subterranean / covert
HSK 4
next month
HSK 4
to stop
HSK 4
to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
HSK 4
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
in a short while / all at once / all of a sudden
HSK 5
under / beneath / less than
HSK 5
to remain; to be left over
HSK 5
as follows
HSK 5
basement / cellar
HSK 6
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
HSK 6
immediately / at once / at that moment / at the moment
HSK 7-9
to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
HSK 7-9
in private
HSK 7-9
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
HSK 7-9
to fall / to tumble
HSK 7-9
to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)
HSK 7-9
to give an order; to issue an order
HSK 7-9
subconscious mind
HSK 7-9
low status / lowly / to lower (one's head)
HSK 7-9
now; at present / (anatomy) subocular
HSK 7-9
to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
HSK 7-9
countryside / rural area / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)
HSK 7-9
groundwater
HSK 7-9
to collapse / to topple over
HSK 7-9
to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
HSK 7-9
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
to play chess
HSK 7-9
to determine / to resolve
HSK 7-9
lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream
HSK 7-9
to have real skill / to know one's stuff
HSK 7-9
last third of the month
HSK 7-9
not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates
HSK 7-9
by comparison
HSK 7-9
whereabouts / to drop / to fall
HSK 7-9
(of objects) to fall / to drop / to droop / (medicine) to experience tenesmus
HSK 7-9
low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate
HSK 7-9
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off
HSK 7-9
equally matched / about the same
HSK 7-9
variant of 下工夫
HSK 7-9
next period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
the next generation
HSK 7-9
to go to the countryside
HSK 7-9
subordinate / underling
HSK 7-9
lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) / fig. to occupy a commanding position / to assume a haughty attitude
HSK 7-9
to establish; to set (a new record)
next page
to collapse
afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)
how about it? / what do you think?
lower right
underground passage; underpass
to arrest / to capture / to seize / to win (a set, a game etc)
to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go
Second book of Samuel
to take on (a responsibility)
to die / future incarnation / next life / to be born / to come into the world / future generation
leeward / downwind / disadvantageous position / to concede or give way in an argument
Second book of Chronicles
no respect for seniors / lacking in manners
to revise downward
to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself
next month
(greeting) good afternoon
lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom) / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued
under sb's name
(TCM) lower burner, the part of the body within the pelvic cavity (below the navel, including the kidneys, bladder and intestines)
implication
lower eyelid
impossible to make a living
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once; suddenly
Member of Parliament (MP) (UK Politics)
sewer
down / downward

More results available:



Tip: Not sure how to type a character? Draw it instead! Click the brush icon next to the input fields to enable the handwriting input method.
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies