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  *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
to rain
HSK 1
next time
HSK 1
to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired
HSK 1
under / the underside / below
HSK 1
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
HSK 1
afternoon / CL: 個|个 / p.m.
HSK 1
to snow
HSK 2
next week
HSK 2
below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5]
HSK 3
to boil noodles
HSK 3
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
to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
HSK 4
to download / also pr. [xia4zai4]
HSK 4
to go downstairs
HSK 4
next month
HSK 4
to fall / to tumble
HSK 7-9
to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)
HSK 7-9
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
whereabouts / to drop / to fall
HSK 7-9
lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream
HSK 7-9
next period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
subordinate / underling
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
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off
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 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
to go to the countryside
HSK 7-9
low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate
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
(of objects) to fall / to drop / to droop / (medicine) to experience tenesmus
HSK 7-9
to play chess
HSK 7-9
to give an order; to issue an order
HSK 7-9
last third of the month
HSK 7-9
the next generation
HSK 7-9
to determine / to resolve
HSK 7-9
variant of 下工夫
HSK 7-9
subconscious mind
HSK 7-9
to place an order; to order
(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
to slide down (a slope etc) / (fig.) to decline
awkward / embarrassed / cannot be accomplished
to sink down
to demote / to pass down to a lower unit
following
to transmit to lower levels; to issue (a command, decree etc)
(of sales, prices etc) to fall / to drop / decline / slump
chin
last quarter, aka third quarter (phase of the moon)
lower jaw / mandible
underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
(of a woman) to marry a man of lower social status / to marry down
to dismount from a horse / (fig.) to abandon (a project)
to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside
subscript / suffix / index
to go offline / (of a product) to roll off the assembly line / downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme)
to lay eggs
lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants
to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable) / (of a dish) to go well with rice
mandible (lower jaw)
the end / to conclude
lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene
downward fluctuation (of prices etc)
leeward / downwind / disadvantageous position / to concede or give way in an argument
underlayer / lower class / lower strata / substrate
(of immortals) to descend to the human world
to bury / to inter
downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot
offal / viscera / tripe
next office holder / next to serve
underscore _ / underline
to administer; to have jurisdiction over
to droop / to sag / to hang down / sagging / drooping / prolapse (medicine)
lower part of the body / genitalia / trousers
to pour / to pour down (of rain) / to lay a bet
to put poison in sth / to poison
lower bound
signature on letter / name of donor
hem of a skirt / shirt tail
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels / to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims)
to subside / subsidence
display of severity immediately on taking office / (fig.) initial show of strength
lower lip
humble / lowly / depraved / contemptible
to consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink
lower bound (math.) / world of mortals / (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals
(old) servant / (dialect) children; grandchildren
player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home
lower house (of parliament)
to put pen to paper
to kneel / to go down on one's knees
next chapter / next time
(of an organization) to have as a subunit
to produce milk; to lactate / to promote lactation
downhill
to step down from office / to go into opposition
Xialu district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市, Hubei

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