点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn 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 下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn 点子 點子 diǎn zi spot / point / dot / speck / drop (of liquid) / droplet / point (of argument) / idea / crux / indication / pointer syn 下降 xià jiàng to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 下落 xià luò whereabouts / to drop / to fall syn 扔下 rēng xià to throw down / to drop (bomb) 打倒 dǎ dǎo to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... ! syn 坠入 墜入 zhuì rù to drop into / to fall into syn 击倒 擊倒 jī dǎo to knock down / knocked down syn 失落 shī luò to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss 坠落 墜落 zhuì luò to fall / to drop syn 罢休 罷休 bà xiū to give up / to abandon (a goal etc) / to let sth go / forget it / let the matter drop syn 从天而降 從天而降 cóng tiān ér jiàng (idiom) to fall from the sky / (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly / to drop into one's lap syn 笔录 筆錄 bǐ lù to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record syn 卧倒 臥倒 wò dǎo to lie down / to drop to the ground syn 抛锚 拋錨 pāo máo to drop anchor / (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down syn 死心 sǐ xīn to give up / to admit failure / to drop the matter / to reconcile oneself to loss / to have no more illusions about 衰退 shuāi tuì to decline / to fall / to drop / to falter / a decline / recession (in economics) syn 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 辍学 輟學 chuò xué to drop out of school / to leave off studying / to interrupt one's studies 撤诉 撤訴 chè sù to drop a lawsuit 动不动 動不動 dòng bu dòng (typically followed by 就[jiu4]) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) / at the drop of a hat syn 拉倒 lā dǎo to pull down / (coll.) to let it go / to drop it 倒立 dào lì a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down syn 俯冲 俯衝 fǔ chōng to dive down fast / to swoop down 接送 jiē sòng to pick up and drop off / to ferry back and forth syn 跌落 diē luò to fall / to drop syn 落下 luò xià to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile) syn 衰落 shuāi luò to fall / to drop / to decline / to deteriorate / to go downhill syn 落井下石 luò jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down syn 掉队 掉隊 diào duì to fall behind / to drop out syn 下坠 下墜 xià zhuì (of objects) to fall / to drop / to droop / (medicine) to experience tenesmus 空降 kōng jiàng to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne 串门 串門 chuàn mén to call on sb / to drop in / to visit sb's home syn 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive syn 水滴 shuǐ dī drop syn 拖拉 tuō lā to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams syn 淡化 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination syn 滴水 dī shuǐ water drop / dripping water 作罢 作罷 zuò bà to drop (subject etc) syn 掉价 掉價 diào jià drop in price / devalued / to have one's status lowered syn 落差 luò chā drop in elevation / (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc) / disparity 凋落 diāo luò to wither (and drop off) / to wilt / to pass away syn 肄业 肄業 yì yè to attend (a school) / to drop out (of college etc) 下挫 xià cuò (of sales, prices etc) to fall / to drop / decline / slump syn 含片 hán piàn lozenge / cough drop 猛跌 měng diē drop sharply (e.g. stock prices) syn 牵累 牽累 qiān lèi to weigh down / tied down (by affairs) syn 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 跌幅 diē fú decline (in value) / extent of a drop 去死 qù sǐ go to hell! / drop dead! 倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats) 降幅 jiàng fú degree of reduction (in prices, numbers etc) / decline / drop 压住 壓住 yā zhù to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice) 降下 jiàng xià to fall / to drop syn 抛下 拋下 pāo xià to throw down / to dump / to abandon / thrown down 拖放 tuō fàng drag-and-drop (computing) 摔坏 摔壞 shuāi huài to drop and break 褪下 tùn xià to take off (trousers) / to drop one's pants 沧海一粟 滄海一粟 cāng hǎi yī sù a drop in the ocean (idiom) syn 倒卧 倒臥 dǎo wò to lie down / to drop dead 撂倒 liào dǎo to knock down / to mow down 九牛一毛 jiǔ niú yī máo lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean syn 牵累 牽累 qiān lěi to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs) syn 辍学率 輟學率 chuò xué lǜ drop-out rate (from schooling) 掉 diào to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) syn 倒 dào to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet 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 摔 shuāi to throw down / to fall / to drop and break syn 滴 dī a drop / to drip syn 降 jiàng to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend syn 沉 chén to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy syn 跌 diē to fall / to tumble / to trip / (of prices etc) to drop / Taiwan pr. [die2] syn 垂 chuí to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach syn 坠 墜 zhuì to fall / to drop / to weigh down syn 撂 liào to put down / to leave behind / to throw or knock down / to abandon or discard syn 萎 wěi to wither / to drop / to decline / spiritless / Taiwan pr. [wei1] syn 奔泻 奔瀉 bēn xiè (of torrents) to rush down / to pour down syn 对不起 對不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry / excuse me / I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down / to disappoint syn 下去 xià qù to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw syn 提 tí to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid syn 坐下 zuò xia to sit down syn 反 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn 关闭 關閉 guān bì to close / to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down syn 打击 打擊 dǎ jī to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music) syn 膝盖 膝蓋 xī gài knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration) syn 封锁 封鎖 fēng suǒ to blockade / to seal off / to lock down syn 追查 zhuī chá to try to find out / to trace / to track down 立 lì to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately syn 追捕 zhuī bǔ to pursue / to be after / to hunt down syn 跪下 guì xia to kneel down syn 摔倒 shuāi dǎo to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground syn 降低 jiàng dī to reduce / to lower / to bring down syn 着陆 著陸 zhuó lù landing / touchdown / to land / to touch down 封闭 封閉 fēng bì to close / to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input) syn 笔记 筆記 bǐ jì to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:本[ben3] syn 破裂 pò liè to burst / to rupture / (of a relationship etc) to break down syn 