| 衰退 | shuāi tuì | to decline / to fall / to drop / to falter / a decline / recession (in economics) |   |
| 点 |  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 | |
| 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) | |
| 跌 | diē | to fall / to tumble / to trip / (of prices etc) to drop / Taiwan pr. [die2] | |
| 滴 | dī | a drop / to drip | |
| 坠 | zhuì | to fall / to drop / to weigh down | |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease | |
| 落下 | luò xià | to fall / to drop / to land (of projectile) | |
| 失落 | shī luò | to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss | |
| 下落 | xià luò | whereabouts / to drop / to fall | |
| 坠落 | zhuì luò | to fall / to drop | |
| 点子 | diǎn zi | spot / point / dot / speck / drop (of liquid) / droplet / point (of argument) / idea / crux / indication / pointer | |
| 跌落 | diē luò | to fall / to drop | |
| 扔下 | rēng xià | to throw down / to drop (bomb) | |
| 降幅 | jiàng fú | degree of reduction (in prices, numbers etc) / decline / drop | |
| 降下 | jiàng xià | to fall / to drop | |
| 水滴 | shuǐ dī | drop | |
| 下挫 | xià cuò | (of sales, prices etc) to fall / to drop / decline / slump | |
| 衰落 | shuāi luò | to fall / to drop / to decline / to deteriorate / to go downhill | |
| 作罢 | zuò bà | to drop (subject etc) | |
| 下坠 | xià zhuì | (of objects) to fall / to drop / to droop / (medicine) to experience tenesmus | |
| 降 | jiàng | to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend | |
| 沉 | chén | to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy | |
| 萎 | wěi | to wither / to drop / to decline / spiritless / Taiwan pr. [wei1] | |
| 渧 | dì | to drop, as liquids / a drop | |
| 小滴 | xiǎo dī | a drop | |
| 垂垂 | chuí chuí | gradually / to drop | |
| 扑落 | pū luò | to fall / to drop / socket (loanword for "plug") | |
| 上门 | 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 | |
| 掉下 | diào xià | to drop down / to fall | |
| 跌幅 | diē fú | decline (in value) / extent of a drop | |
| 脱落 | tuō luò | to drop off / to come off / to lose (hair etc) / to omit (a character when writing) | |
| 去死 | qù sǐ | go to hell! / drop dead! | |
| 接送 | jiē sòng | to pick up and drop off / to ferry back and forth | |
| 坠入 | zhuì rù | to drop into / to fall into | |
| 动不动 | dòng bu dòng | (typically followed by 就[jiu4]) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) / at the drop of a hat | |
| 罢休 | bà xiū | to give up / to abandon (a goal etc) / to let sth go / forget it / let the matter drop | |
| 从天而降 | cóng tiān ér jiàng | lit. to drop from the sky (idiom) / fig. to appear unexpectedly / to arise abruptly / out of the blue / to drop into one's lap | |
| 滴水 | dī shuǐ | water drop / dripping water | |
| 落差 | luò chā | drop in elevation / (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc) / disparity | |
| 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 | |
| 空降 | kōng jiàng | to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne | |
| 辍学 | chuò xué | to drop out of school / to leave off studying / to interrupt one's studies | |
| 改掉 | gǎi diào | to drop a bad habit | |
| 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 | |
| 拉倒 | lā dǎo | to pull down / (coll.) to let it go / to drop it | |
| 串门 | chuàn mén | to call on sb / to drop in / to visit sb's home | |
| 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 | |
| 抛锚 | pāo máo | to drop anchor / to break down (of a car etc) | |
| 摔坏 | shuāi huài | to drop and break | |
| 褪下 | tùn xià | to take off (trousers) / to drop one's pants | |
| 撤诉 | chè sù | to drop a lawsuit | |
| 凋落 | diāo luò | to wither (and drop off) / to wilt / to pass away | |
| 掉队 | diào duì | to fall behind / to drop out | |
| 卧倒 | wò dǎo | to lie down / to drop to the ground | |
| 含片 | hán piàn | lozenge / cough drop | |
| 沧海一粟 | cāng hǎi yī sù | a drop in the ocean (idiom) | |
| 倒卧 | dǎo wò | to lie down / to drop dead | |
| 肄业 | yì yè | to attend (a school) / to drop out (of college etc) | |
| 掉价 | diào jià | drop in price / devalued / to have one's status lowered | |
| 九牛一毛 | jiǔ niú yī máo | lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean | |
| 猛跌 | měng diē | drop sharply (e.g. stock prices) | |
| 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 | |
| 摔 | shuāi | to throw down / to fall / to drop and break | |
| 水泄不通 | shuǐ xiè bù tōng | lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom) / fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic) | |
| 涓滴归公 | juān dī guī gōng | every drop returns to the public good (idiom) / not one penny is misused | |
| 滴水不漏 | dī shuǐ bù lòu | lit. not one drop of water can leak out / watertight / rigorous (argument) | |
| 滴水不羼 | dī shuǐ bù chàn | not diluted by one drop / hundred percent | |
| 点水不漏 | diǎn shuǐ bù lòu | not one drop of water leaks (idiom) / fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous / watertight | |
| 沰 | tuō | to let drop | |
| 下锚 | xià máo | to drop anchor | |
| 不提也罢 | bù tí yě bà | best not to mention it / drop it / never mind / let's not talk about it | |
| 备抵 | bèi dǐ | an allowance / to allow for (a drop in value) (accountancy) | |
| 仆街 | pū jiē | drop dead! / go to hell! / fuck you! (Cantonese) | |
| 别提了 | bié tí le | say no more / don't bring it up / drop the subject | |
| 势降 | shì jiàng | potential drop (elec.) | |
| 吊球 | diào qiú | to perform a drop shot (tennis etc) / drop shot | |
| 墬 | dí | drop / fall | |
| 抛下锚 | pāo xià máo | to drop anchor | |
| 收存箱 | shōu cún xiāng | delivery box / drop box | |
| 沾唇 | zhān chún | to moisten one's lips / to sip (wine, tea etc) / esp. used with negatives: never touch a drop of the stuff | |
| 滴酒不沾 | dī jiǔ bù zhān | never to touch a drop of alcohol | |
| 碇泊 | dìng bó | to moor / to drop anchor | |
| 碎掉 | suì diào | to drop and smash / broken | |
| 脱皮掉肉 | tuō pí diào ròu | lit. to shed skin, drop flesh / to work as hard as possible / to work one's butt off | |
| 落价 | lào jià | (coll.) to fall or drop in price / to go down in price | |
| 跌水 | diē shuǐ | drop of height in waterway / staircase of waterfalls | |
| 陡跌 | dǒu diē | precipitous drop (in price) | |
| 搬起石头砸自己的脚 | bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo | to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom) / hoisted by one's own petard | |
| 悬滴结晶 | xuán dī jié jīng | hanging drop crystallization | |
| 座滴结晶 | zuò dī jié jīng | sitting drop crystallization | |
| 直升机空投点 | | helicopter drop point | |
| 空降区 | | drop zone / dropping zone | |
| 空投区 | | drop zone / dropping zone | |
| 自由空投 | | free drop | |
| 无伞空投 | | free drop | |
| 自由下落炸弹 | | gravity drop bomb / gravity bomb / iron bomb / dumb bomb / free-fall bomb | |
| 普通炸弹 | | gravity drop bomb / gravity bomb / iron bomb / dumb bomb / free-fall bomb | |
| 死翘翘 | sǐ qiào qiào | to die / to drop dead | |
| 掉链子 | diào liàn zi | one's bicycle chain comes off / (fig.) to let sb down / to drop the ball / to screw up | |
