| 下 | xià | down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down |
| 下面 | xià mian | below; under; next; the following |
| 下来 | xià lai | to come down; (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 qu | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease |
| 下列 | xià liè | following |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon; CL:个; p.m. |
| 下令 | xià lìng | to give an order; to command |
| 下层 | xià céng | underlayer; lower class; lower strata; substrate |
| 下旬 | xià xún | last third of the month |
| 下游 | xià yóu | lower reaches (of a river); lower level; lower echelon; downstream |
| 下方 | xià fāng | underneath; below; the underside; world of mortals; to descend to the world of mortals (of Gods) |
| 下乡 | xià xiāng | to go to the countryside |
| 下沉 | xià chén | to sink down |
| 下落 | xià luò | whereabouts |
| 下边 | xià bian | under; the underside; below |
| 下级 | xià jí | low ranking; low level; an underclass |
| 下达 | xià dá | to transmit down (a chain of command); to pass down (to lower level) |
| 下水 | xià shuǐ | downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot |
| 下水 | xià shui | offal; viscera; tripe |
| 下垂 | xià chuí | to droop; to sag; to hang down; sagging; drooping; prolapse (medicine) |
| 下放 | xià fàng | to delegate; to decentralize; to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside |
| 下车 | xià chē | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 下手 | xià shǒu | start; put one's hand to; set about; the seat to the right of the main guest |
| 下场 | xià chǎng | to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) |
| 下场 | xià chang | the end; to conclude |
| 下班 | xià bān | to finish work; to get off work |
| 下次 | xià cì | next time |
| 下台 | xià tái | to go off the stage; to fall from position of prestige; to step down (from office etc) |
| 下行 | xià xíng | down train (i.e. away from the capital) |
| 下流 | xià liú | lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene |
| 下马 | xià mǎ | dismount a horse |
| 下一步 | xià yī bù | the next step |
| 下滑 | xià huá | sliding; slide |
| 下意识 | xià yì shí | subconscious mind |
| 下关 | Xià guān | Xiaguan district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江苏 |
| 下巴 | xià ba | chin; CL:个 |
| 下身 | xià shēn | lower part of the body; genitalia; trousers |
| 下肢 | xià zhī | lower limbs |
| 下回 | xià huí | next chapter; next time |
| 下属 | xià shǔ | subordinate; underling |
| 下笔 | xià bǐ | to put pen to paper |
| 下海 | xià hǎi | to go to sea; fig. to leave secure job (iron rice-bowl 铁饭碗) for sth better but more risky |
| 下弦 | xià xián | third quarter or waning moon |
| 下课 | xià kè | to finish class; to get out of class |
| 下颌 | xià hé | lower jaw; mandible |
| 下棋 | xià qí | to play chess |
| 下水道 | xià shuǐ dào | sewer |
| 下坡路 | xià pō lù | downhill road; slope down; fig. to go downhill; on the decline |
| 下凡 | xià fán | to descend to the world (of immortals) |
