度 dù to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences syn 温度 溫度 wēn dù temperature / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 发烧 發燒 fā shāo to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with / to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing / thriving / popular syn 体温 體溫 tǐ wēn (body) temperature 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 发热 發熱 fā rè to have a high temperature / feverish / unable to think calmly / to emit heat syn 气温 氣溫 qì wēn air temperature / CL:個|个[ge4] 高温 高溫 gāo wēn high temperature 低温 低溫 dī wēn low temperature 低潮 dī cháo low tide / low ebb 降温 降溫 jiàng wēn to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline syn 高烧 高燒 gāo shāo fever / high temperature syn 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 热度 熱度 rè dù level of heat / (fig.) zeal / fervor / (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat) syn 升温 升溫 shēng wēn to become hot / temperature rise / (fig.) to intensify / to hot up / to escalate / to get a boost 下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn 水温 水溫 shuǐ wēn water temperature 室温 室溫 shì wēn room temperature 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 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 恒温 恆溫 héng wēn constant temperature 常温 常溫 cháng wēn room temperature / ordinary temperatures 冷暖 lěng nuǎn lit. daily changes of temperature / fig. well-being / sb's comfort, health, prosperity etc syn 加温 加溫 jiā wēn to heat / to add warmth / to raise temperature / fig. to stimulate syn 温差 溫差 wēn chā difference in temperature 环境温度 環境溫度 huán jìng wēn dù environmental temperature 平均气温 平均氣溫 píng jūn qì wēn average temperature 测温 測溫 cè wēn to measure temperature 低分 dī fēn low marks / low score 色谱法 色譜法 sè pǔ fǎ chromatography 量体温 量體溫 liáng tǐ wēn to take sb's temperature 等温 等溫 děng wēn of equal temperature / isothermic 低碳 dī tàn (attributive) low-carbon / low-carb (diet) 烧 燒 shāo to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head syn 温 溫 wēn warm / lukewarm / to warm up / (bound form) temperature / (bound form) mild / soft / tender / to review (a lesson etc) / (TCM) fever / epidemic / pestilence (old variant of 瘟[wen1]) syn 洼 窪 wā depression / low-lying area / low-lying / sunken syn 开尔文 開爾文 kāi ěr wén Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson) / Kelvin (temperature scale) 土温 土溫 tǔ wēn temperature of the soil syn 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 温标 溫標 wēn biāo temperature scale 水温表 水溫表 shuǐ wēn biǎo engine temperature gauge / coolant temperature gauge 着火点 著火點 zháo huǒ diǎn ignition point (temperature) / combustion point 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 