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HSK
to rain
HSK 1
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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
afternoon / CL: 個|个 / p.m.
HSK 1
under / the underside / below
HSK 1
next time
HSK 1
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 download / also pr. [xia4zai4]
HSK 4
to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
HSK 4
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
HSK 1
to finish work; to get off work / next service (train, bus etc)
HSK 1
to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw
HSK 3
next week
HSK 2
to snow
HSK 2
to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired
HSK 1
next month
HSK 4
to go downstairs
HSK 4
to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)
HSK 7-9
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off
HSK 7-9
low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate
HSK 7-9
to fall / to tumble
HSK 7-9
(anatomy) hypopharynx
to swallow (food or drink)
the next generation
HSK 7-9
subconscious mind
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
next period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
(medicine) hypopharyngeal cancer
second (of two parts) / next (week etc) / subsequent / the following
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
to demote / to pass down to a lower unit
lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream
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
afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)
the next life
the next one
to play chess
HSK 7-9
to go to the countryside
HSK 7-9
last third of the month
HSK 7-9
to give an order; to issue an order
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
sewer
(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 determine / to resolve
HSK 7-9
to place an order; to order
underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
to transmit to lower levels; to issue (a command, decree etc)
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
underscore _ / underline
to sink down
whereabouts / to drop / to fall
HSK 7-9
subscript / suffix / index
lower abdomen
second half of a game or contest
(of animals) to give birth / to foal, to whelp etc
dish that goes well with alcoholic drinks; snack eaten with drinks
the next stop (of a bus etc)
to bury / to inter
to pour / to pour down (of rain) / to lay a bet
subordinate / underling
HSK 7-9
leeward / downwind / disadvantageous position / to concede or give way in an argument
second half
second half of a game or contest
to define
next page
downhill
next week
to lay eggs
to get off a plane / to deplane
to eat one's rice with an accompanying dish (to make the rice more palatable) / (of a dish) to go well with rice
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
lower jaw / mandible
next
next week
to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside
hypothalamus (anatomy)
lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons
to drop anchor
to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal) / to cook
to put poison in sth / to poison
to administer; to have jurisdiction over
afternoon
(greeting) good afternoon
to droop / to sag / to hang down / sagging / drooping / prolapse (medicine)
the end / to conclude
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
lower house (of parliament)
to slide down (a slope etc) / (fig.) to decline
chin
underline
to take off costume and makeup / bottom garment (trousers etc)
humble / lowly / depraved / contemptible
to be appropriate to have with alcohol / to down one's drink
next page
lower limbs
next month
the Chinese market, excluding first- and second-tier cities
to put pen to paper

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