下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn 远 遠 yuǎn far / distant / remote / (intensifier in a comparison) by far / much (lower etc) syn 态度 態度 tài du manner / bearing / attitude / approach / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 以下 yǐ xià that level or lower / that amount or less / the following syn 减少 減少 jiǎn shǎo to lessen / to decrease / to reduce / to lower syn 降低 jiàng dī to reduce / to lower / to bring down syn 举止 舉止 jǔ zhǐ bearing / manner / mien syn 方位 fāng wèi direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth syn 下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn 下达 下達 xià dá to transmit to lower levels / to issue (a command, decree etc) 低下 dī xià low status / lowly / to lower (one's head) syn 低于 dī yú to be lower than syn 风情 風情 fēng qíng mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc syn 削减 削減 xuē jiǎn to cut down / to reduce / to lower syn 仪表 儀表 yí biǎo appearance / bearing / meter (i.e. measuring instrument) syn 下颚 下顎 xià è mandible (lower jaw) syn 风采 風采 fēng cǎi svelte / elegant manner / graceful bearing syn 人品 rén pǐn character / moral strength / integrity / (coll.) looks / appearance / bearing syn 下身 xià shēn lower part of the body / genitalia / trousers syn 降温 降溫 jiàng wēn to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline syn 小腿 xiǎo tuǐ lower leg (from knee to ankle) / shank syn 下层 下層 xià céng underlayer / lower class / lower strata / substrate 压低 壓低 yā dī to lower (one's voice) syn 下体 下體 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants syn 威风 威風 wēi fēng awe-inspiring bearing / authority / power / imposing / impressive / majestic syn 小牛 xiǎo niú calf / (coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini syn 下游 xià yóu lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream syn 屹立 yì lì to tower / to stand straight (of person's bearing) syn 埋头 埋頭 mái tóu to immerse oneself in / engrossed in sth / to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain) / countersunk (of screws, rivets etc) 众议院 眾議院 zhòng yì yuàn lower house of bicameral assembly / House of Representatives (USA) / Chamber of Deputies 掉以轻心 掉以輕心 diào yǐ qīng xīn to treat sth lightly / to lower one's guard syn 降职 降職 jiàng zhí to demote (to a lower rank) syn 下肢 xià zhī lower limbs syn 限额 限額 xiàn é quota / limit (upper or lower) / to set a quota / to set a limit 腰椎 yāo zhuī lumbar vertebra (lower backbone) syn 下颌 下頜 xià hé lower jaw / mandible syn 江南 jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea) 轴承 軸承 zhóu chéng (mechanical) bearing syn 小腹 xiǎo fù underbelly / lower abdomen syn 地头 地頭 dì tóu place / locality / edge of a field / lower margin of a page syn 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 降压 降壓 jiàng yā to reduce the pressure (of a fluid) / to lower one's blood pressure / to lower (or step down) the voltage 神态 神態 shén tài appearance / manner / bearing / deportment / look / expression / mien syn 下行 xià xíng (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom syn 减低 減低 jiǎn dī to lower / to reduce syn 仪态 儀態 yí tài bearing / deportment syn 降格 jiàng gé to downgrade / to lower the standard / degrading / humiliating syn 下议院 下議院 xià yì yuàn lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons 气态 氣態 qì tài gaseous state (physics) / manner / air / bearing 风韵 風韻 fēng yùn charm / grace / elegant bearing (usually feminine) syn 铜牌 銅牌 tóng pái bronze medal / bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc / CL:枚[mei2] 承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc) 无记名 無記名 wú jì míng (of a document) not bearing a name / unregistered (financial securities etc) / bearer (bond) / secret (ballot etc) / anonymous / unattributed (remarks) / (of a check) payable to the bearer 滚珠 滾珠 gǔn zhū bearing ball syn 闭幕 閉幕 bì mù the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting) syn 气度 氣度 qì dù bearing / manner / presence syn 英姿 yīng zī heroic bearing / dashing figure syn 仪仗队 儀仗隊 yí zhàng duì honor guard / guard of honor / the banner bearing contingent leading a military procession 中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn 重压 重壓 zhòng yā high pressure / bearing a heavy weight 钢珠 鋼珠 gāng zhū steel ball / bearing ball syn 下调 下調 xià tiáo to adjust downwards / to lower (prices, wages etc) 风姿 風姿 fēng zī good looks / good figure / graceful bearing / charm syn 后腰 後腰 hòu yāo lower back / (sports) defensive midfielder syn 梦话 夢話 mèng huà talking in one's sleep / words spoken during sleep / fig. speech bearing no relation to reality / delusions syn 低龄 低齡 dī líng (of a member of a specific cohort) lower than average in age syn 形迹 形跡 xíng jì manner / bearing / trace / mark / trail / etiquette syn 婀娜 ē nuó (of a woman's bearing) graceful / elegant / lithe syn 图版 圖版 tú bǎn printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate 降息 jiàng xī to lower interest rates syn 含油 hán yóu containing oil / oil-bearing 杜马 杜馬 dù mǎ Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament 桁架 héng jià truss (weight-bearing construction of cross-beams) 放下 fàng xià to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc) syn 下调 下調 xià diào to demote / to pass down to a lower unit 下发 下發 xià fā to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels / to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims) syn 调价 調價 tiáo jià to raise or lower the price / price adjustment 下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) syn 衣角 yī jiǎo corner of the lower hem of a jacket etc 减产 減產 jiǎn chǎn to produce less / to reduce output / lower yield 下唇 xià chún lower lip 放低 fàng dī to lower / to be humble 扬子江 揚子江 yáng zǐ jiāng Changjiang 長江|长江 or Yangtze River / old name for Changjiang, especially lower reaches around Yangzhou 揚州|扬州 下界 xià jiè lower bound (math.) / world of mortals / (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals 放权 放權 fàng quán to devolve authority to lower levels syn 下腹部 xià fù bù lower abdomen 磨盘 磨盤 mò pán lower millstone / tray of a mill syn 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 下眼睑 下眼瞼 xià yǎn jiǎn lower eyelid 下院 xià yuàn lower house (of parliament) 意态 意態 yì tài bearing / attitude 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu to raise and lower one's hand (idiom) / to signal as conspiratorial hint / fig. conspiring to defraud syn 气宇 氣宇 qì yǔ bearing / manner syn 减息 減息 jiǎn xī to lower the interest rate 贫下中农 貧下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants) 下颔 下頷 xià hàn lower jaw / mandible 滚珠轴承 滾珠軸承 gǔn zhū zhóu chéng ball bearing syn 低 dī low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline syn 落 luò to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement syn 