上 shàng (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above syn 等 děng to wait for / to await / by the time / when / till / and so on / etc. / et al. / (bound form) class / rank / grade / (bound form) equal to / same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) syn 门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 类 類 lèi kind / type / class / category / (classifier) kind / type / (bound form) to resemble / to be similar to syn 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 流 liú to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade syn 种类 種類 zhǒng lèi kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class syn 气质 氣質 qì zhì personality traits / temperament / disposition / aura / air / feel / vibe / refinement / sophistication / class syn 打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation 出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn 档次 檔次 dàng cì grade / class / quality / level syn 阶层 階層 jiē céng social class 深沉 shēn chén deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched syn 自卑 zì bēi to have low self-esteem / to abase oneself syn 埋伏 mái fú to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush syn 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 分子 份子 fèn zǐ members of a class or group / political elements (such as intellectuals or extremists) / part syn 假冒伪劣 假冒偽劣 jiǎ mào wěi liè cheap quality counterfeit (goods) / low-quality commodities syn 无精打采 無精打采 wú jīng dǎ cǎi dispirited and downcast (idiom) / listless / in low spirits / washed out 编入 編入 biān rù to include (in a list etc) / to assign (to a class, a work unit etc) 廉租房 lián zū fáng low-rent housing 安全期 ān quán qī safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception) 低保真 dī bǎo zhēn low fidelity / lo-fi 沙盘 沙盤 shā pán sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters) syn 股长 股長 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor 教课 教課 jiāo kè to teach class / to lecture syn 慢火 màn huǒ low heat (cooking) 窑子 窯子 yáo zi (old) low-grade brothel syn 避风头 避風頭 bì fēng tou to lie low (until the fuss dies down) 放牛班 fàng niú bān class of underachievers / dunces' class (Tw) 蹲伏 dūn fú to crouch low and bend forward (esp. in hiding or in wait) 低 dī low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline syn 班 bān team / class / grade / (military) squad / work shift / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles syn 课 課 kè subject / course / CL:門|门[men2] / class / lesson / CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2] / to levy / tax / form of divination syn 矮 ǎi (of a person) short / (of a wall etc) low / (of rank) inferior (to) / lower (than) 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 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 一级 一級 yī jí first class / category A 低价 低價 dī jià low price syn 二级 二級 èr jí grade 2 / second class / category B 高层 高層 gāo céng high-rise / high level / high class 上课 上課 shàng kè to go to class / to attend class / to go to teach a class syn 班级 班級 bān jí class (group of students) / grade (in school) 星级 星級 xīng jí star rating / top-class / highly rated 三级 三級 sān jí grade 3 / third class / category C 班主任 bān zhǔ rèn teacher in charge of a class 低声 低聲 dī shēng in a low voice / softly syn 四级 四級 sì jí grade 4 / fourth class / category D 培训班 培訓班 péi xùn bān training class syn 一类 一類 yī lèi same type / category 1 (i.e. class A) 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 回落 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) syn 小声 小聲 xiǎo shēng in a low voice / (speak) in whispers 低端 dī duān low-end 不快 bù kuài unhappy / in low spirits / (of a knife) not sharp syn 大类 大類 dà lèi main type / main class / main category 低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn 同等 tóng děng equal to / having the same social class or status syn 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 课时 課時 kè shí class / period 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) 班长 班長 bān zhǎng class monitor / squad leader / team leader / CL:個|个[ge4] 阶级 階級 jiē jí (social) class / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 下课 下課 xià kè to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired 低廉 dī lián cheap / inexpensive / low syn 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 低温 低溫 dī wēn low temperature 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 低迷 dī mí blurred (landscape etc) / low (spirits) / in a slump (economy) syn 正品 zhèng pǐn certified goods / quality product / normal product / A-class goods 全班 quán bān the whole class 低成本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive 班上 bān shàng (in the) class 下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn 低压 低壓 dī yā low pressure / low voltage 学时 學時 xué shí class hour / period syn 一等 yī děng first class / grade A syn 偏低 piān dī to be on the low side / to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary) 世界级 世界級 shì jiè jí world-class syn 靖国神社 靖國神社 jìng guó shén shè Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals 硬卧 硬臥 yìng wò hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk) 听课 聽課 tīng kè to attend a class / to go to a lecture 上乘 shàng chéng first-class / best quality / also pr. [shang4 sheng4] syn 资产阶级 資產階級 zī chǎn jiē jí the capitalist class / the bourgeoisie syn 重量级 重量級 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential 辅导班 輔導班 fǔ dǎo bān tutorial class / remedial class / preparatory course syn 甲级 甲級 jiǎ jí first rate / top class / excellent syn 同班 tóng bān to be in the same class / to be in the same squad / classmate syn 低谷 dī gǔ valley / trough (as opposed to peaks) / fig. low point / lowest ebb / nadir of one's fortunes syn 苦闷 苦悶 kǔ mèn depressed / dejected / feeling low syn 下层 下層 xià céng underlayer / lower class / lower strata / substrate 低胸 dī xiōng low-cut (dress) / plunging (neckline) 上流 shàng liú upper class syn 过低 過低 guò dī too low 低垂 dī chuí to droop / to hang low syn 矮小 ǎi xiǎo short and small / low and small / undersized syn 谷底 gǔ dǐ valley floor / (fig.) lowest ebb / all-time low syn 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 