一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit / a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once / suddenly syn 声 聲 shēng sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds syn 调 調 diào to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody syn 语气 語氣 yǔ qì tone / manner of speaking / mood / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 口气 口氣 kǒu qì tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone syn 调头 調頭 diào tou tone (of voice) / tune syn 流露 liú lù to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc syn 音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn 新星 xīn xīng (astronomy) nova / (fig.) new star / rising star syn 调子 調子 diào zi tune / melody / tuning / cadence / intonation / (speech) tone syn 腔调 腔調 qiāng diào a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement syn 闹翻 鬧翻 nào fān to have a falling out / to have a big argument syn 语调 語調 yǔ diào intonation / tone of voice / CL:個|个[ge4] 上风 上風 shàng fēng on the up / currently winning / rising (in popularity etc) 轻声 輕聲 qīng shēng quietly / softly / neutral tone / light stress 涨潮 漲潮 zhǎng cháo high tide / rising tide syn 口吻 kǒu wěn tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face syn 声调 聲調 shēng diào tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 升降 昇降 shēng jiàng rising and falling syn 口风 口風 kǒu fēng meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech syn 杞人忧天 杞人憂天 qǐ rén yōu tiān man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears syn 色调 色調 sè diào hue / tone syn 音色 yīn sè tone / timbre / sound color syn 新秀 xīn xiù rising star / new talent syn 音质 音質 yīn zhì tone / sound quality / timbre syn 扑通 撲通 pū tōng (onom.) sound of object falling into water / plop syn 主音 zhǔ yīn keynote / principal tone / tonic / vowel 新兴 新興 xīn xīng (of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising / emerging / in the ascendant syn 陨星 隕星 yǔn xīng meteorite / falling star syn 松动 鬆動 sōng dòng loose / slack / (fig.) to soften (policies, tone of voice) / to give some slack / (of a place) not crowded syn 短促 duǎn cù short in time / fleeting / brief / gasping (breath) / curt (tone of voice) syn 纷飞 紛飛 fēn fēi to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) / to flutter about 苦水 kǔ shuǐ bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint syn 音高 yīn gāo pitch (music) / tone 话音 話音 huà yīn one's speaking voice / tone / implication syn 递减 遞減 dì jiǎn progressively decreasing / gradually falling / in descending order 变调 變調 biàn diào tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation syn 阳平 陽平 yáng píng evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua syn 一锤定音 一錘定音 yī chuí dìng yīn lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision syn 旭日 xù rì the rising sun syn 看涨 看漲 kàn zhǎng bull market (prices appear to be rising) 咕咚 gū dōng splash / (onom.) for heavy things falling down syn 乐音 樂音 yuè yīn musical note / tone syn 四声 四聲 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin syn 起早贪黑 起早貪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late syn 话茬 話茬 huà chá tone of voice / topic / subject under discussion 袅袅 裊裊 niǎo niǎo rising in spirals syn 泪如雨下 淚如雨下 lèi rú yǔ xià tears falling like rain (idiom) syn 抑扬 抑揚 yì yáng modulation (rising and falling pitch) / intonation / a cadence / to rise and fall (of a body floating in water) syn 上声 上聲 shǎng shēng falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin syn 一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) 小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn 话锋 話鋒 huà fēng topic under discussion / direction or tone of the conversation syn 音韵 音韻 yīn yùn music / rhyme and rhythm / initial, 音[yin1], and final and tone, 韻|韵[yun4], of a Chinese character / phoneme 韵母 韻母 yùn mǔ the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang") 飕飕 颼颼 sōu sōu sound of the wind blowing or rain falling syn 笔调 筆調 bǐ diào (of writing) tone / style syn 声气 聲氣 shēng qì voice / tone / information syn 平声 平聲 píng shēng level or even tone / first and second tones in modern Mandarin 纯音 純音 chún yīn pure tone 不符合 bù fú hé discrepant / falling short (of expectations) / not matching up / not conforming / (figures) disagree / unbecoming 彩铃 彩鈴 cǎi líng (telephony) ringback tone 涨势 漲勢 zhǎng shì rising trend / upward momentum (e.g. in prices) syn 四分五裂 sì fēn wǔ liè all split up and in pieces (idiom) / disunity (in an organization) / complete lack of unity / to disintegrate / falling apart / to be at sixes and sevens syn 校风 校風 xiào fēng the tone of a school / campus atmosphere 初升 chū shēng rising (sun, moon etc) 来潮 來潮 lái cháo (of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period syn 分崩离析 分崩離析 fēn bēng lí xī to collapse and fall apart (idiom) / to break up / falling to pieces syn 调性 調性 diào xìng (music) tonality / (of an actor, company, magazine etc) style / image / tone / voice / character 闹矛盾 鬧矛盾 nào máo dùn to be at loggerheads / to have a falling out 撕破脸 撕破臉 sī pò liǎn to have an acrimonious falling-out / to shed all pretense of cordiality / to tear into each other 落石 luò shí falling stone 跌打损伤 跌打損傷 diē dǎ sǔn shāng injury such as contusion, sprain or fracture from falling, blow etc 去声 去聲 qù shēng falling tone / fourth tone in modern Mandarin syn 入声 入聲 rù shēng entering tone / checked tone / one of the four tones of Middle Chinese 阴平 陰平 yīn píng high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua syn 音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn 挫 cuò obstructed / to fail / to oppress / to repress / to lower the tone / to bend back / to dampen syn 旭 xù dawn / rising sun syn 嘞 lei sentence-final particle similar to 了[le5], but carrying a tone of approval syn 兀 wù cut off the feet / rising to a height / towering / bald / duplicate of Big Five A461 syn 吕 呂 lǚ pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system 升调 昇調 shēng diào to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone 叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn 黄昏恋 黃昏戀 huáng hūn liàn fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life 回铃音 回鈴音 huí líng yīn ringback tone 反切 fǎn qiè traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone 基音 jī yīn fundamental tone 捺 nà to press down firmly / to suppress / right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]) syn 磔 zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread syn 霨 wèi rising of clouds 降调 降調 jiàng diào falling intonation (linguistics) / to lower the key of a tune / to demote 青云直上 青雲直上 qīng yún zhí shàng rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom) / rapid promotion to a high post / meteoric career syn 定调 定調 dìng diào to set the tone 东兔西乌 東兔西烏 dōng tù xī wū lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom) / fig. the passage of time 杞国忧天 杞國憂天 qǐ guó yōu tiān man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears 落叶归根 落葉歸根 luò yè guī gēn lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home syn 一叶知秋 一葉知秋 yī yè zhī qiū lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind 一木难支 一木難支 yī mù nán zhī lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom) / fig. one is helpless alone syn 