"不下" meaning in Chinese

See 不下 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/, /pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/ Chinese transliterations: bùxià [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ haa⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bùxià [Phonetic:búxià] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], bùsià [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pu⁴-hsia⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bù-syà [Mandarin, Yale], bushiah [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], буся [Mandarin, Palladius], busja [Mandarin, Palladius], bāt hah [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁷ haa⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed¹ ha⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 不下
  1. (formal) to be not less than Tags: formal Synonyms (to be not less than): 不下於 (bùxiàyú), 不下于 (bùxiàyú)
    Sense id: en-不下-zh-verb-gYcpgZ3T Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 18 22 14 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 16 21 21 20 Disambiguation of 'to be not less than': 78 7 7 7 1
  2. (formal) to not be inferior to Tags: formal Synonyms (to be not inferior to): 不下於 (bùxiàyú), 不下于 (bùxiàyú)
    Sense id: en-不下-zh-verb-4ZQXapU6 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 18 22 14 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 16 21 21 20 Disambiguation of 'to be not inferior to': 24 37 19 19 1
  3. (literary) to not concede Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-不下-zh-verb-gQeX3xtj Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 18 22 14 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 16 21 21 20
  4. (literary) to not capture Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-不下-zh-verb-9JgCqemY Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 18 22 14 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 16 21 21 20
  5. used after a verb to indicate inability or incompletion
    Sense id: en-不下-zh-verb-S7pAGVa1 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 23 10 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 18 22 14 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 16 21 21 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 僵持不下 (jiāngchíbùxià), 容不下 (róngbùxià)
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiāngchíbùxià",
      "word": "僵持不下"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "róngbùxià",
      "word": "容不下"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "不下",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 18 22 14 25",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "to be not less than"
      ],
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          "less"
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      ],
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        "(formal) to be not less than"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "78 7 7 7 1",
          "roman": "bùxiàyú",
          "sense": "to be not less than",
          "word": "不下於"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "78 7 7 7 1",
          "roman": "bùxiàyú",
          "sense": "to be not less than",
          "word": "不下于"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 18 22 14 25",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "22 16 21 21 20",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not be inferior to"
      ],
      "id": "en-不下-zh-verb-4ZQXapU6",
      "links": [
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          "inferior",
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        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) to not be inferior to"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "24 37 19 19 1",
          "roman": "bùxiàyú",
          "sense": "to be not inferior to",
          "word": "不下於"
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        {
          "_dis1": "24 37 19 19 1",
          "roman": "bùxiàyú",
          "sense": "to be not inferior to",
          "word": "不下于"
        }
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        {
          "_dis": "22 16 21 21 20",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not concede"
      ],
      "id": "en-不下-zh-verb-gQeX3xtj",
      "links": [
        [
          "concede",
          "concede"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to not concede"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 18 22 14 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "22 16 21 21 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not capture"
      ],
      "id": "en-不下-zh-verb-9JgCqemY",
      "links": [
        [
          "capture",
          "capture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to not capture"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 23 10 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 18 22 14 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 16 21 21 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This space is not enough to put a washing machine in.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhèi kòngr bùgòu, fàng bùxià xǐyījī.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "這空兒不夠,放不下洗衣機。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This space is not enough to put a washing machine in.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhèi kòngr bùgòu, fàng bùxià xǐyījī.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "这空儿不够,放不下洗衣机。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used after a verb to indicate inability or incompletion"
      ],
      "id": "en-不下-zh-verb-S7pAGVa1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùxià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ haa⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùxià [Phonetic:búxià]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùsià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-hsia⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-syà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bushiah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буся"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "busja"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt hah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ haa⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ ha⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búxià]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不下"
}
{
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 下",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "jiāngchíbùxià",
      "word": "僵持不下"
    },
    {
      "roman": "róngbùxià",
      "word": "容不下"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese formal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be not less than"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "less",
          "less"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) to be not less than"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese formal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not be inferior to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) to not be inferior to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not concede"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "concede",
          "concede"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to not concede"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not capture"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "capture",
          "capture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) to not capture"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This space is not enough to put a washing machine in.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhèi kòngr bùgòu, fàng bùxià xǐyījī.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "這空兒不夠,放不下洗衣機。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This space is not enough to put a washing machine in.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhèi kòngr bùgòu, fàng bùxià xǐyījī.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "这空儿不够,放不下洗衣机。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used after a verb to indicate inability or incompletion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùxià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ haa⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùxià [Phonetic:búxià]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bùsià"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pu⁴-hsia⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bù-syà"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bushiah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "буся"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "busja"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt hah"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ haa⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ ha⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: búxià]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ haː²²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bùxiàyú",
      "sense": "to be not less than",
      "word": "不下於"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùxiàyú",
      "sense": "to be not less than",
      "word": "不下于"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùxiàyú",
      "sense": "to be not inferior to",
      "word": "不下於"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùxiàyú",
      "sense": "to be not inferior to",
      "word": "不下于"
    }
  ],
  "word": "不下"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 不下 meaning in Chinese (3.3kB)

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