"Down" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 对不起 | duì bu qǐ | I'm sorry / excuse me / I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down / to disappoint |   |
| 向下 | xiàng xià | down / downward | |
| 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 | |
| 下来 | 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) | |
| 下去 | xià qù | to go down / to descend / to go on / to continue / (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 降低 | jiàng dī | to reduce / to lower / to bring down | |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease | |
| 打击 | dǎ jī | to hit / to strike / to attack / to crack down on sth / blow / (psychological) shock / percussion (music) | |
| 上下 | shàng xià | up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about | |
| 放下 | fàng xià | to lay down / to put down / to let go of / to relinquish / to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc) | |
| 降价 | jiàng jià | to cut the price / to drive down the price / to get cheaper | |
| 节省 | jié shěng | saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on | |
| 坐下 | zuò xia | to sit down | |
| 抑制 | yì zhì | to inhibit / to keep down / to suppress | |
| 记载 | jì zǎi | to write down / to record / written account | |
| 打量 | dǎ liang | to size sb up / to look sb up and down / to take the measure of / to suppose / to reckon | |
| 载入 | zǎi rù | to load into / to record / to write into / to enter (data) / to go into (the records) / to go down (in history) | |
| 流传 | liú chuán | to spread / to circulate / to hand down | |
| 笔记 | bǐ jì | to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:本[ben3] | |
| 封闭 | fēng bì | to seal / to close / to confine / to seal off / to close down / sealed / confined / closed / unreceptive | |
| 传世 | chuán shì | handed down from ancient times / family heirloom | |
| 安置 | ān zhì | to find a place for / to help settle down / to arrange for / to get into bed / placement | |
| 分解 | fēn jiě | to resolve / to decompose / to break down | |
| 按下 | àn xià | to press down / to press a button | |
| 起伏 | qǐ fú | to move up and down / to undulate / ups and downs | |
| 下滑 | xià huá | to slide down (a slope etc) / (fig.) to decline | |
| 写下 | xiě xià | to write down | |
| 缩短 | suō duǎn | to curtail / to cut down | |
| 鄙视 | bǐ shì | to despise / to disdain / to look down upon | |
| 以致 | yǐ zhì | to such an extent as to / down to / up to | |
| 逛街 | guàng jiē | to take a walk / to window-shop / to stroll down the street | |
| 打下 | dǎ xià | to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) | |
| 以至于 | yǐ zhì yú | down to / up to / to the extent that... | |
| 封锁 | fēng suǒ | to blockade / to seal off / to lock down | |
| 下山 | xià shān | to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set | |
| 下调 | xià diào | to demote / to pass down to a lower unit | |
| 掉下 | diào xià | to drop down / to fall | |
| 以至 | yǐ zhì | down to / up to / to such an extent as to ... / also written 以至於|以至于[yi3 zhi4 yu2] | |
| 破裂 | pò liè | to rupture / to fracture / to break down / (linguistics) plosion | |
| 拆除 | chāi chú | to tear down / to demolish / to dismantle / to remove | |
| 掉落 | diào luò | to fall down | |
| 打倒 | dǎ dǎo | to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... ! | |
| 细分 | xì fēn | to divide (into subgroups etc) / to break down (into subcategories, subprocesses etc) | |
| 追寻 | zhuī xún | to pursue / to track down / to search | |
| 辜负 | gū fù | to fail to live up (to expectations) / unworthy (of trust) / to let down / to betray (hopes) / to disappoint | |
| 膝盖 | xī gài | knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration) | |
| 遗留 | yí liú | to leave behind / to hand down | |
| 相传 | xiāng chuán | to pass on / to hand down / tradition has it that ... / according to legend | |
| 看不起 | kàn bu qǐ | to look down upon / to despise | |
| 平息 | píng xī | to settle (a dispute) / to quieten down / to suppress | |
| 火烧 | huǒ shāo | to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake | |
| 垂下 | chuí xià | to hang down | |
| 坎坷 | kǎn kě | bumpy (of a road) / rough (of life) / to be down on one's luck / to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes | |
| 摔倒 | shuāi dǎo | to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground | |
| 沦为 | lún wéi | to sink down to / to be reduced to (sth inferior) | |
| 南下 | nán xià | to go down south | |
| 躺下 | tǎng xià | to lie down | |
| 减速 | jiǎn sù | to reduce speed / to slow down / to take it easy | |
| 飘落 | piāo luò | to float down / to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc) | |
| 倒数 | 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) | |
| 淡化 | dàn huà | to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination | |
| 小看 | xiǎo kàn | to look down on / to underestimate | |
| 削减 | xuē jiǎn | to cut down / to reduce / to lower | |
| 对联 | duì lián | rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2] | |
| 打压 | dǎ yā | to suppress / to beat down | |
| 蹲下 | dūn xià | to squat down / to crouch | |
| 取缔 | qǔ dì | to suppress / to crack down on / to prohibit | |
| 追捕 | zhuī bǔ | to pursue / to be after / to hunt down | |
| 颠倒 | diān dǎo | to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy | |
| 查获 | chá huò | to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc) | |
| 追查 | zhuī chá | to try to find out / to trace / to track down | |
| 跪下 | guì xia | to kneel down | |
| 平价 | píng jià | reasonably priced / inexpensive / to keep prices down / (currency exchange) parity | |
| 放缓 | fàng huǎn | to slow / to slow down (the pace of) | |
| 走低 | zǒu dī | to go down / to decline | |
| 倒闭 | dǎo bì | to go bankrupt / to close down | |
| 鄙夷 | bǐ yí | to despise / to look down upon / despicable | |
| 减缓 | jiǎn huǎn | to slow down / to retard | |
| 落脚 | luò jiǎo | to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers | |
| 倒计时 | dào jì shí | to count down / countdown | |
| 押金 | yā jīn | deposit / down payment | |
| 增减 | zēng jiǎn | to add or subtract / to increase or decrease / to go up or go down | |
| 扔下 | rēng xià | to throw down / to drop (bomb) | |
| 盯住 | dīng zhù | to watch sb closely / to breathe down sb's neck / to mark (sports) | |
| 鞠躬 | jū gōng | to bow / (literary) to bend down | |
| 敲定 | qiāo dìng | to come to a decision / to fix on (a date etc) / to determine / to finalize / to nail down (a deal etc) | |
| 定金 | dìng jīn | down payment / advance payment | |
| 延缓 | yán huǎn | to defer / to postpone / to put off / to retard / to slow sth down | |
| 减退 | jiǎn tuì | to ebb / to go down / to decline | |
| 驳回 | bó huí | to reject / to turn down / to overrule | |
| 瞧不起 | qiáo bù qǐ | to look down upon / to hold in contempt | |
| 牵制 | qiān zhì | to control / to curb / to restrict / to impede / to pin down (enemy troops) | |
| 首付 | shǒu fù | down payment | |
| 镇压 | zhèn yā | suppression / repression / to suppress / to put down / to quell | |
| 停滞 | tíng zhì | stagnation / at a standstill / bogged down | |
| 压住 | yā zhù | to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice) | |
| 打掉 | dǎ diào | to tear down / to destroy / to dismantle (a gang) / to abort (a fetus) | |
| 对得起 | duì de qǐ | not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of | |
| 退下 | tuì xià | to retire / to withdraw / to retreat / to step down | |
| 停机 | tíng jī | (of a machine) to stop / to shut down / to park a plane / to finish shooting (a TV program etc) / to suspend a phone line / (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit | |
