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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
下 xià	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


一下 yīxià	一下 \| 一下* \| *一下	(used after a verb) give it a go / to do (sth for a bit to give it a try) / one time / once / in a while / all of a sudden / all at once


上下 shàngxià	上下 \| 上下* \| *上下	up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about


低下 dīxià	低下 \| 低下* \| *低下	low status / lowly / to lower (one's head)


鄉下 xiāngxia	鄉下 \| 鄉下* \| *鄉下	countryside / rural area / CL: 個｜个	乡下


天下 tiānxià	天下 \| 天下* \| *天下	land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule


年下 niánxià	年下 \| 年下* \| *年下	lunar new year


打下 dǎxià	打下 \| 打下* \| *打下	to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)


旗下 qíxià	旗下 \| 旗下* \| *旗下	under the banner of


留下 liúxià	留下 \| 留下* \| *留下	to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go


按下 ànxià	按下 \| 按下* \| *按下	to press down / to press a button


閣下 géxià	閣下 \| 閣下* \| *閣下	your distinguished self / your majesty / sire	阁下


水下 shuǐxià	水下 \| 水下* \| *水下	under the water / submarine


落下 luòxià	落下 \| 落下* \| *落下	to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile)


在下 zàixià	在下 \| 在下* \| *在下	under / myself (humble)


剩下 shèngxià	剩下 \| 剩下* \| *剩下	to remain / left over


高下 gāoxià	高下 \| 高下* \| *高下	relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc)


腳下 jiǎoxià	腳下 \| 腳下* \| *腳下	under the foot	脚下


放下 fàngxià	放下 \| 放下* \| *放下	to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc)


手下 shǒuxià	手下 \| 手下* \| *手下	under one's control or administration / subordinates / (money etc) on hand / sb's financial means / when taking action


拿下 náxià	拿下 \| 拿下* \| *拿下	to arrest / to capture / to seize / to win (a set, a game etc)


向下 xiàngxià	向下 \| 向下* \| *向下	down / downward


松下 Sōngxià	松下 \| 松下* \| *松下	Matsushita (name) / Panasonic (brand), abbr. for 松下電器｜松下电器


部下 bùxià	部下 \| 部下* \| *部下	troops under one's command / subordinate


私下 sīxià	私下 \| 私下* \| *私下	in private


陛下 bìxià	陛下 \| 陛下* \| *陛下	Your Majesty / His or Her Majesty


餘下 yúxià	餘下 \| 餘下* \| *餘下	remaining	余下


放不下 fàngbuxià	放不下 \| 放不下* \| *放不下	to have no room to put sth / to be unable to let go


殿下 diànxià	殿下 \| 殿下* \| *殿下	Your Majesty (honorific) / His or Her Highness


眼下 yǎnxià	眼下 \| 眼下* \| *眼下	now / at present / subocular (medicine)


丟下 diūxià	丟下 \| 丟下* \| *丟下	to abandon	丢下


停下 tíngxià	停下 \| 停下* \| *停下	to stop


右下 yòuxià	右下 \| 右下* \| *右下	lower right


不在話下 bùzàihuàxià	不在話下 \| 不在話下* \| *不在話下	to be nothing difficult / to be a cinch	不在话下


名下 míngxià	名下 \| 名下* \| *名下	under sb's name


當下 dāngxià	當下 \| 當下* \| *當下	immediately / at once / at that moment / at the moment	当下


跪下 guìxia	跪下 \| 跪下* \| *跪下	to kneel down


降下 jiàngxià	降下 \| 降下* \| *降下	to fall / to drop


不下 bùxià	不下 \| 不下* \| *不下	to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)


台下 táixià	台下 \| 台下* \| *台下	off the stage / in the audience


這下 zhèxià	這下 \| 這下* \| *這下	this time	这下


定下 dìngxià	定下 \| 定下* \| *定下	to set (the tone, a target etc) / to lay down (the beat)


麾下 huīxià	麾下 \| 麾下* \| *麾下	troops / subordinates / (honorific appellation for a general)


時下 shíxià	時下 \| 時下* \| *時下	at present / right now	时下


膝下 xīxià	膝下 \| 膝下* \| *膝下	at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)


躺下 tǎngxià	躺下 \| 躺下* \| *躺下	to lie down


腋下 yèxià	腋下 \| 腋下* \| *腋下	underarm / armpit


居高不下 jūgāobùxià	居高不下 \| 居高不下* \| *居高不下	(of prices, rates etc) to remain high


足下 zúxià	足下 \| 足下* \| *足下	you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot


天底下 tiāndǐxia	天底下 \| 天底下* \| *天底下	in this world / under the sun


卸下 xièxià	卸下 \| 卸下* \| *卸下	to unload


樓下 lóuxià	樓下 \| 樓下* \| *樓下	downstairs	楼下


零下 língxià	零下 \| 零下* \| *零下	below zero


扔下 rēngxià	扔下 \| 扔下* \| *扔下	to throw down / to drop (bomb)


接下 jiēxià	接下 \| 接下* \| *接下	to take on (a responsibility)


兵臨城下 bīnglínchéngxià	兵臨城下 \| 兵臨城下* \| *兵臨城下	soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture	兵临城下


筆下 bǐxià	筆下 \| 筆下* \| *筆下	the wording and purport of what one writes	笔下


兩下 liǎngxià	兩下 \| 兩下* \| *兩下	twice / for a little while	两下


不相上下 bùxiāngshàngxià	不相上下 \| 不相上下* \| *不相上下	equally matched / about the same


目下 mùxià	目下 \| 目下* \| *目下	at present


自上而下 zìshàng'érxià	自上而下 \| 自上而下* \| *自上而下	top-down


立下 lìxià	立下 \| 立下* \| *立下	to set up / to establish


收下 shōuxià	收下 \| 收下* \| *收下	to accept / to receive


心下 xīnxià	心下 \| 心下* \| *心下	in mind


名滿天下 míngmǎntiānxià	名滿天下 \| 名滿天下* \| *名滿天下	world famous	名满天下


屬下 shǔxià	屬下 \| 屬下* \| *屬下	subordinate / affiliated to / subsidiary	属下


舌下 shéxià	舌下 \| 舌下* \| *舌下	sublingual / hypoglossal


白下 Báixià	白下 \| 白下* \| *白下	Baixia district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇｜江苏


居高臨下 jūgāolínxià	居高臨下 \| 居高臨下* \| *居高臨下	lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) / fig. to occupy a commanding position / to assume a haughty attitude	居高临下


相比之下 xiāngbǐzhīxià	相比之下 \| 相比之下* \| *相比之下	by comparison


七上八下 qīshàngbāxià	七上八下 \| 七上八下* \| *七上八下	at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess


包打天下 bāodǎtiānxià	包打天下 \| 包打天下* \| *包打天下	to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business / not allow anyone else to have a look in


撇下 piēxia	撇下 \| 撇下* \| *撇下	to cast away


威震天下 wēizhèntiānxià	威震天下 \| 威震天下* \| *威震天下	to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)


滴下 dīxià	滴下 \| 滴下* \| *滴下	drip


雙管齊下 shuāngguǎnqíxià	雙管齊下 \| 雙管齊下* \| *雙管齊下	lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time	双管齐下


現下 xiànxià	現下 \| 現下* \| *現下	now / at this moment	现下


臣下 chénxià	臣下 \| 臣下* \| *臣下	official in feudal court / subject


倒下 dǎoxià	倒下 \| 倒下* \| *倒下	to collapse / to topple over


平天下 píngtiānxià	平天下 \| 平天下* \| *平天下	to pacify the country


底下 dǐxia	底下 \| 底下* \| *底下	the location below sth / afterwards


花前月下 huāqiányuèxià	花前月下 \| 花前月下* \| *花前月下	see 月下花前


褪下 tùnxià	褪下 \| 褪下* \| *褪下	to take off (trousers) / to drop one's pants


汗如雨下 hànrúyǔxià	汗如雨下 \| 汗如雨下* \| *汗如雨下	sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely / sweating like a pig


坐下 zuòxia	坐下 \| 坐下* \| *坐下	to sit down


蹲下 dūnxià	蹲下 \| 蹲下* \| *蹲下	to squat down / to crouch


治下 zhìxià	治下 \| 治下* \| *治下	under the jurisdiction of


山下 Shānxià	山下 \| 山下* \| *山下	Yamashita (Japanese surname)


夕陽西下 xīyángxīxià	夕陽西下 \| 夕陽西下* \| *夕陽西下	the sun sets in the west (idiom)	夕阳西下


打天下 dǎtiānxià	打天下 \| 打天下* \| *打天下	to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself


等一下 děngyīxià	等一下 \| 等一下* \| *等一下	to wait a moment / later / in awhile


騎虎難下 qíhǔnánxià	騎虎難下 \| 騎虎難下* \| *騎虎難下	if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway	骑虎难下


垓下 Gāixià	垓下 \| 垓下* \| *垓下	ancient place name, in Anhui province


能上能下 néngshàngnéngxià	能上能下 \| 能上能下* \| *能上能下	ready to take any job, high or low


如下 rúxià	如下 \| 如下* \| *如下	as follows


潸然淚下 shānránlèixià	潸然淚下 \| 潸然淚下* \| *潸然淚下	to shed silent tears (idiom)	潸然泪下


每況愈下 měikuàngyùxià	每況愈下 \| 每況愈下* \| *每況愈下	to steadily deteriorate	每况愈下


生下 shēngxià	生下 \| 生下* \| *生下	to give birth to


舍下 shèxià	舍下 \| 舍下* \| *舍下	my humble home


聲淚俱下 shēnglèijùxià	聲淚俱下 \| 聲淚俱下* \| *聲淚俱下	to shed tears while recounting sth / speaking in a tearful voice	声泪俱下

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