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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 不下

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
不下 bù xià - to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 4,818 2,724

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
不 bù- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
下 xià- down
- downwards
- below
- lower
- later
- next (week etc)
- second (of two parts)
- to decline
- to go down
- to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- measure word to show the frequency of an action

Other Words Containing 不下

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
相持不下 - - 67,554 64,331 117,746
不下于 - - 72,903 57,860 73,356
居高不下 - - 93,311 13,894 32,514