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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
next time
HSK 1
below / under / next / the following / also pr. [xia4 mian5]
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 decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease
HSK 4
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
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 snow
HSK 2
to boil noodles
HSK 3
next week
HSK 2
to download / also pr. [xia4zai4]
HSK 4
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
HSK 1
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 fall / to tumble
HSK 7-9
the next generation
HSK 7-9
next month
HSK 4
to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest
HSK 7-9
to go downstairs
HSK 4
next period (week, month or quarter etc)
HSK 7-9
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
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)
to play chess
HSK 7-9
last third of the month
HSK 7-9
the end / to conclude
to give an order; to issue an order
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
underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods)
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
to determine / to resolve
HSK 7-9
to sink down
to place an order (commerce)
whereabouts / to drop / to fall
HSK 7-9
to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal) / to cook
low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate
HSK 7-9
lower abdomen
(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 place an order; to order
to bury / to inter
the next one
to pour / to pour down (of rain) / to lay a bet
subconscious mind
HSK 7-9
second half
second half of a game or contest
(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off
HSK 7-9
downhill
next week
to lay eggs
to go to the countryside
HSK 7-9
the Chinese market, excluding first- and second-tier cities
next
to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside
to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels / to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims)
to put poison in sth / to poison
subordinate / underling
HSK 7-9
afternoon
(greeting) good afternoon
to droop / to sag / to hang down / sagging / drooping / prolapse (medicine)
unaccounted / unknown whereabouts
to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc)
HSK 7-9
lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons
lower house (of parliament)
to slide down (a slope etc) / (fig.) to decline
(of objects) to fall / to drop / to droop / (medicine) to experience tenesmus
HSK 7-9
second (of two parts) / next (week etc) / subsequent / the following
chin
to cast a fishing net / (computing) to go offline
to go offline / (of a product) to roll off the assembly line / downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme)
to be appropriate to have with alcohol / to down one's drink
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
lower limbs
next month
(of an organization) to have as a subunit
display of severity immediately on taking office / (fig.) initial show of strength
to transmit to lower levels; to issue (a command, decree etc)
(of sales, prices etc) to fall / to drop / decline / slump
the lowest professions
lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene
to kneel / to go down on one's knees
the next step
next office holder / next to serve
lower bound (math.) / world of mortals / (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals
to consume (food or drink); to eat; to drink
to put into the pot (to cook)
lower bound
to go down to the fields / to get up from bed / to leave one's sickbed / to be born
to define
to take down from the shelves (e.g. a contaminated product)
to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和 to regions bordering the Indian Ocean)
to drop anchor
second half of the year

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