低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 机关 機關 jī guān mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 手动 手動 shǒu dòng manual / manually operated / manual gear-change 用具 yòng jù appliance / utensil / gear / equipment syn 齿轮 齒輪 chǐ lún (machine) gear / pinion (gear wheel) syn 低潮 dī cháo low tide / low ebb 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn 渔具 漁具 yú jù fishing gear syn 变速器 變速器 biàn sù qì gearbox / speed changer / gear 低压 低壓 dī yā low pressure / low voltage 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 排挡 排擋 pái dǎng gear (of car etc) syn 变速 變速 biàn sù to change speed / to shift gear / variable-speed 换挡 換擋 huàn dǎng to change gear 咬合 yǎo hé (of uneven surfaces) to fit together / (of gear wheels) to mesh / (dentistry) occlusion / bite syn 自动挡 自動擋 zì dòng dǎng automatic transmission / auto gear shift 自动档 自動檔 zì dòng dàng automatic transmission (gear change) 换档 換檔 huàn dàng to change gear 手动挡 手動擋 shǒu dòng dǎng manual gear change / shift stick 低分 dī fēn low marks / low score 排档 排檔 pái dǎng gear (of car etc) 差速器 chā sù qì differential (gear) 低碳 dī tàn (attributive) low-carbon / low-carb (diet) 空挡 空擋 kōng dǎng neutral gear 洼 窪 wā depression / low-lying area / low-lying / sunken syn 变速杆 變速桿 biàn sù gǎn gear lever / stick shift 高不成低不就 gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 低缓 低緩 dī huǎn low and unhurried (voice etc) / low and gently sloping (terrain) syn 传动比 傳動比 chuán dòng bǐ transmission ratio / gear ratio 档 檔 dǎng (Tw) gear (variant of 擋|挡[dang3]) syn 隐藏 隱藏 yǐn cáng to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting) syn 小声 小聲 xiǎo shēng in a low voice / (speak) in whispers 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 埋伏 mái fú to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush syn 扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn 低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn 音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn 低温 低溫 dī wēn low temperature 低声 低聲 dī shēng in a low voice / softly syn 低谷 dī gǔ valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes syn 深沉 shēn chén deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched syn 谷底 gǔ dǐ valley floor / (fig.) lowest ebb / all-time low syn 自卑 zì bēi to have low self-esteem / to abase oneself syn 低价 低價 dī jià low price syn 矮小 ǎi xiǎo short and small / low and small / undersized syn 无精打采 無精打采 wú jīng dǎ cǎi dispirited and downcast (idiom) / listless / in low spirits / washed out 销声匿迹 銷聲匿跡 xiāo shēng nì jì to vanish without trace (idiom) / to lie low syn 低劣 dī liè inferior quality / substandard / low-grade syn 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges 避风 避風 bì fēng to take shelter from the wind / to lie low / to stay out of trouble 卑贱 卑賤 bēi jiàn lowly / mean and low syn 苦闷 苦悶 kǔ mèn depressed / dejected / feeling low syn 细语 細語 xì yǔ to chat with a low voice syn 低收入 dī shōu rù low income syn 低迷 dī mí blurred (landscape etc) / low (spirits) / in a slump (economy) syn 低廉 dī lián cheap / inexpensive / low syn 低空 dī kōng low altitude 不快 bù kuài unhappy / in low spirits / (of a knife) not sharp syn 低速 dī sù low speed 贱卖 賤賣 jiàn mài to sell cheaply / sacrifice / low price / discount sale 缺血 quē xuè (of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply / (of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies 低频 低頻 dī pín low frequency 花坛 花壇 huā tán decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape syn 低洼 低窪 dī wā low-lying syn 平底 píng dǐ flat bottomed / low heeled syn 低垂 dī chuí to droop / to hang low syn 悄声 悄聲 qiǎo shēng quietly / in a low voice syn 低血压 低血壓 dī xuè yā low blood pressure 贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 低息 dī xī low-interest 卑下 bēi xià base / low syn 低烧 低燒 dī shāo a low fever (up to 38°C) 低热 低熱 dī rè a low fever (up to 38°C) 窑子 窯子 yáo zi (old) low-grade brothel syn 洼地 窪地 wā dì low-lying ground / depression syn 回落 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) syn 假冒伪劣 假冒偽劣 jiǎ mào wěi liè cheap quality counterfeit (goods) / low-quality commodities syn 低矮 dī ǎi short / low 安全期 ān quán qī safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception) 怅惘 悵惘 chàng wǎng distracted / listless / in low spirits syn 隐伏 隱伏 yǐn fú to hide / to lie low syn 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 低端 dī duān low-end 低成本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive 偏低 piān dī to be on the low side / to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary) 低胸 dī xiōng low-cut (dress) / plunging (neckline) 过低 過低 guò dī too low 慢速 màn sù slow / low-speed 廉租房 lián zū fáng low-rent housing 低层 低層 dī céng low level 低保真 dī bǎo zhēn low fidelity / lo-fi 找遍 zhǎo biàn to search everywhere / to search high and low / to comb 芝麻官 zhī ma guān low ranking official / petty bureaucrat syn 