水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn 收入 shōu rù to take in / income / revenue / CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4] syn 低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 出入 chū rù to go out and come in / entrance and exit / expenditure and income / discrepancy / inconsistent syn 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 低潮 dī cháo low tide / low ebb 外快 wài kuài extra income syn 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 销售额 銷售額 xiāo shòu é sales figure / total income from sales / turnover 收支 shōu zhī cash flow / financial balance / income and expenditure syn 下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn 报税 報稅 bào shuì to file an income tax return / to declare dutiable goods (at customs) 低压 低壓 dī yā low pressure / low voltage 入不敷出 rù bù fū chū income does not cover expenditure / unable to make ends meet syn 上缴 上繳 shàng jiǎo to transfer (income, profits etc) to higher authorities syn 总收入 總收入 zǒng shōu rù gross income 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 所得税 所得稅 suǒ dé shuì income tax 年收入 nián shōu rù annual income 月薪 yuè xīn monthly income (in kind) syn 创收 創收 chuàng shōu to generate revenue / to create extra income syn 净收入 淨收入 jìng shōu rù net income / net profit syn 增收 zēng shōu to increase revenue / to increase income by (x amount) / to levy (a surcharge, tax increase etc) / (of a school) to have an increased student intake 进项 進項 jìn xiang income / receipts / earnings / revenue syn 人均收入 rén jūn shōu rù per capita income 月收入 yuè shōu rù monthly income 营收 營收 yíng shōu sales / income / revenue 个税 個稅 gè shuì personal income tax (abbr. for 個人所得稅|个人所得税) 可支配收入 kě zhī pèi shōu rù disposable income 收入差距 shōu rù chā jù income differential 实收 實收 shí shōu net receipts / real income 国民收入 國民收入 guó mín shōu rù measures of national income and output 挣得 掙得 zhèng dé to earn (income) / to make (money) 家庭收入 family income 低分 dī fēn low marks / low score 无着 無著 wú zhuó (of income etc) to be unassured / to lack a reliable source 无着 無著 wū zhuó (of income etc) to be unassured / to lack a reliable source 损益表 損益表 sǔn yì biǎo income statement (US) / profit and loss account (UK) 开源节流 開源節流 kāi yuán jié liú lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom) / to increase income and save on spending / to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure syn 万元户 萬元戶 wàn yuán hù household with savings or annual income of 10,000 yuan or more (considered a large amount in the 1970s, when the term became established) syn 量入为出 量入為出 liàng rù wéi chū to assess one's income and spend accordingly (idiom) / to live within one's means / You can only spend what you earn. syn 低碳 dī tàn (attributive) low-carbon / low-carb (diet) 净 淨 jìng clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role syn 进账 進賬 jìn zhàng (of money) to come into an account / to get / to earn / income / receipts 洼 窪 wā depression / low-lying area / low-lying / sunken syn 旱涝保收 旱澇保收 hàn lào bǎo shōu to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood / to bring a stable income 剪刀差 jiǎn dāo chā prices scissor (caught between low income and high prices) 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 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 