方式 fāng shì way / manner / style / mode / pattern / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 模式 mó shì mode / pattern / model 睡眠 shuì mián sleep / to sleep / (computing) to enter sleep mode syn 低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure / power cut 空调 空調 kōng tiáo air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 掌权 掌權 zhǎng quán to wield (political etc) power / be in power syn 断电 斷電 duàn diàn to experience a power outage / to have a power failure 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 实权 實權 shí quán real power / genuine power 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 当政 當政 dāng zhèng to come to power / to hold power / in office syn 争权夺利 爭權奪利 zhēng quán duó lì scramble for power and profit (idiom) / power struggle 调式 調式 diào shì (musical) mode 蓦地 驀地 mò de suddenly / unexpectedly syn 单模 單模 dān mó single mode 低分 dī fēn low marks / low score 低碳 dī tàn (attributive) low-carbon / low-carb (diet) 洼 窪 wā depression / low-lying area / low-lying / sunken syn 电力网 電力網 diàn lì wǎng electric power grid / power grid 众数 眾數 zhòng shù (statistics) mode 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 乘方 chéng fāng (math.) to exponentiate / to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation / power syn 力量 lì lia4ng power / force / strength syn 力 lì power / force / strength / ability / strenuously syn 权利 權利 quán lì right (i.e. an entitlement to sth) / (classical) power and wealth syn 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 权 權 quán authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary syn 权力 權力 quán lì power / authority 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 动力 動力 dòng lì motive power / (fig.) motivation / impetus 争霸 爭霸 zhēng bà to contend for hegemony / a power struggle syn 上台 shàng tái to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater) syn 小声 小聲 xiǎo shēng in a low voice / (speak) in whispers 魔力 mó lì magic / magic power 电力 電力 diàn lì electrical power / electricity 电源 電源 diàn yuán electric power source 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 电线 電線 diàn xiàn wire / power cord / CL:根[gen1] syn 体力 體力 tǐ lì physical strength / physical power syn 势力 勢力 shì li power / influence / a force (military, political etc) syn 权威 權威 quán wēi authority / authoritative / power and prestige syn 权限 權限 quán xiàn scope of authority / extent of power / (access etc) privileges syn 威力 wēi lì might / formidable power 开关 開關 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off syn 埋伏 mái fú to ambush / to lie in wait for / to lie low / ambush syn 次数 次數 cì shù number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.) 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 人力 rén lì manpower / labor power 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 政权 政權 zhèng quán regime / political power syn 低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn 扩张 擴張 kuò zhāng expansion / dilation / to expand (e.g. one's power or influence) / to broaden syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 机动 機動 jī dòng locomotive / motorized / power-driven / adaptable / flexible (use, treatment, timing etc) syn 权势 權勢 quán shì power / influence syn 如意 rú yì as one wants / according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune syn 音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn 职权 職權 zhí quán authority / power over others syn 低温 低溫 dī wēn low temperature 低声 低聲 dī shēng in a low voice / softly syn 大权 大權 dà quán power / authority syn 甜头 甜頭 tián tou sweet taste (of power, success etc) / benefit syn 崛起 jué qǐ to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power) syn 核电站 核電站 hé diàn zhàn nuclear power plant 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 感染力 gǎn rǎn lì infectiousness (of a disease) / appeal / power / impact (of an image, marketing message, performance etc) 谷底 gǔ dǐ valley floor / (fig.) lowest ebb / all-time low syn 特异功能 特異功能 tè yì gōng néng supernatural power / extrasensory perception 自卑 zì bēi to have low self-esteem / to abase oneself syn 低价 低價 dī jià low price syn 电网 電網 diàn wǎng electricity grid / power grid / electrified wire netting 法力 fǎ lì magic power syn 神力 shén lì occult force / the power of a God or spirit 势头 勢頭 shì tóu power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things syn 发条 發條 fā tiáo clockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc) / (attributive) windup / clockwork syn 杀伤力 殺傷力 shā shāng lì destructive power / harmfulness 发电厂 發電廠 fā diàn chǎng power plant 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 威风 威風 wēi fēng awe-inspiring bearing / authority / power / imposing / impressive / majestic syn 销声匿迹 銷聲匿跡 xiāo shēng nì jì to vanish without trace (idiom) / to lie low syn 握有 wò yǒu to have / to hold (usu. sth abstract: power, distribution rights, a bargaining chip etc) syn 执政 執政 zhí zhèng to hold power / in office syn 低劣 dī liè inferior quality / substandard / low-grade syn 垮台 垮臺 kuǎ tái (of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse / to fall from power 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) 风力 風力 fēng lì wind force / wind power 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 观察力 觀察力 guān chá lì power of observation / perception syn 避风 避風 bì fēng to take shelter from the wind / to lie low / to stay out of trouble 