"Substandard" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 次 |  cì | next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time |   |
| 低劣 | dī liè | inferior quality / substandard / low-grade | |
| 潮 | cháo | tide / damp / moist / humid / fashionable / trendy / (coll.) inferior / substandard | |
| 没水平 | méi shuǐ píng | disgraceful / poor quality / substandard | |
| 没水准 | méi shuǐ zhǔn | lacking class / boorish / poor quality / substandard | |
| 次品 | cì pǐn | substandard products / defective / seconds | |
| 次货 | cì huò | inferior goods / substandard products | |
| 宁缺毋滥 | nìng quē wú làn | better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom) / would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option | |
| 不够标准的生活环境 | substandard living environment | |
