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Chinese
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to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath
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under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
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trad. (低下)
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低
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下
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simp. #(低下)
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低
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下
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anagram
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下低
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Pronunciation
Adjective
低下
- below average; mediocre; inferior
- vulgar; low-brow
- in a low position
Synonyms
- 不善 (bùshàn)
- 不好
- 不妙 (bùmiào)
- 不怎麼樣 / 不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng)
- 不濟 / 不济 (bùjì)
- 不腆 (bùtiǎn) (Classical Chinese, self-deprecatory)
- 了丁 (Min Nan)
- 低劣 (dīliè)
- 低路 (Min Nan)
- 劣 (literary, or in compounds)
- 垃圾 (lājī) (colloquial)
- 屎 (Cantonese)
- 差 (chà)
- 差勁 / 差劲 (chàjìn) (colloquial)
- 差氣 / 差气 (Hokkien)
- 拙劣 (zhuōliè)
- 推扳 (1the-pe) (Shanghainese)
- 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 梢跤軟蹄 / 梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 欠佳 (qiànjiā)
- 水皮 (seoi2 pei4) (Cantonese)
- 潮 (cháo) (colloquial, of quality or technique)
- 無良 / 无良 (wúliáng) (formal)
- 破 (pò) (colloquial)
- 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 蹩腳 / 蹩脚 (biéjiǎo)
- 鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)
- 低俗 (dīsú)
- 低級 / 低级 (dījí)
- 俗氣 / 俗气 (súqì)
- 俗骨 (zuk6 gwat1) (Cantonese)
- 傖俗 / 伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
- 卑俗 (bēisú)
- 庸俗 (yōngsú)
- 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
- 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “vulgar”):
- 優美 / 优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
- 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
- 古雅 (gǔyǎ)
- 嫻 / 娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
- 嫻靜 / 娴静 (xiánjìng)
- 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
- 彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
- 文雅 (wényǎ)
- 文靜 / 文静 (wénjìng)
- 斯文 (sīwén)
- 斯文胎胎 (si1 wen2 tai1 tai1) (Sichuanese)
- 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
- 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
- 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 雅相 (ia3 sian4) (Xiang)
- 雅緻 / 雅致 (yǎzhì)
- 高尚 (gāoshàng)
- 高雅 (gāoyǎ)
Derived terms
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
低下 • (teika)
- a fall
- 物価の低下が続いている。
- Bukka no teika ga tsuzuite iru.
- Prices are continuing to fall.
- a decline, a deterioration
- 道徳的関心の低下
- dōtokuteki kanshin no teika
- a decline in concern about morals
Synonyms
Verb
低下する • (teika suru) intransitive suru (stem 低下し (teika shi), past 低下した (teika shita))
- fall, drop
- 夜は気温が零度に低下する。
- Yoru wa kion ga reido ni teika suru.
- The temperature falls below zero at night.
- decline, deteriorate
- このごろの子供は体力が低下している。
- Kono goro no kodomo wa tairyoku ga teika shite iru.
- Children today have less physical strength than they used to.
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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低下し
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ていかし
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teika shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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低下し
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ていかし
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teika shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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低下する
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ていかする
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teika suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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低下する
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ていかする
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teika suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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低下すれ
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ていかすれ
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teika sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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低下せよ¹ 低下しろ²
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ていかせよ¹ ていかしろ²
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teika seyo¹ teika shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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低下される
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ていかされる
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teika sareru
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Causative
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低下させる 低下さす
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ていかさせる ていかさす
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teika saseru teika sasu
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Potential
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低下できる
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ていかできる
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teika dekiru
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Volitional
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低下しよう
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ていかしよう
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teika shiyō
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Negative
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低下しない
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ていかしない
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teika shinai
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Negative continuative
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低下せず
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ていかせず
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teika sezu
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Formal
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低下します
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ていかします
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teika shimasu
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Perfective
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低下した
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ていかした
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teika shita
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Conjunctive
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低下して
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ていかして
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teika shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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低下すれば
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ていかすれば
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teika sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
低下 • (jeoha) (hangeul 저하)
- hanja form? of 저하 (“lowering”)