Word of the Day Calendar

2026-04-01

下注

xià zhù

to pour/to pour down (of rain)/to lay a bet

2026-04-02

下流

xià liú

lower course of a river/low-class/mean and lowly/vulgar/obscene

2026-04-03

下浣

xià huàn

last ten days of the lunar month

2026-04-04

下浮

xià fú

downward fluctuation (of prices etc)

2026-04-05

下海

xià hǎi

to go out to sea/to enter the sea (to swim etc)/(fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)

2026-04-06

下港

xià gǎng

(Tw) southern Taiwan (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ē-káng])

2026-04-07

下游

xià yóu

lower reaches (of a river)/lower level/lower echelon/downstream

2026-04-08

下滑

xià huá

to slide down (a slope etc)/(fig.) to decline

2026-04-09

下焦

xià jiāo

(TCM) lower burner, the part of the body within the pelvic cavity (below the navel, including the kidneys, bladder and intestines)

2026-04-10

下片

xià piàn

to stop screening a movie/to end the run of a movie

2026-04-11

下犬式

xià quǎn shì

downward-facing dog (yoga pose)

2026-04-12

下狠心

xià hěn xīn

to resolve (to do sth); to toughen up

2026-04-13

下狠心

xià hěn xīn

to resolve (to do sth); to toughen up

2026-04-14

下狱

xià yù

to imprison

2026-04-15

下班

xià bān

to finish work; to get off work/next service (train, bus etc)

2026-04-16

下田

xià tián

to go out to work in the fields

2026-04-17

下界

xià jiè

lower bound (math.)/world of mortals/(of gods) to descend to the world of mortals

2026-04-18

下画线

xià huà xiàn

underline

2026-04-19

下发

xià fā

to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels/to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims)

2026-04-20

下眼睑

xià yǎn jiǎn

lower eyelid

2026-04-21

下确界

xià què jiè

(math.) infimum; greatest lower bound

2026-04-22

下笔

xià bǐ

to put pen to paper

2026-04-23

下箭头

xià jiàn tóu

down-pointing arrow

2026-04-24

下箭头键

xià jiàn tóu jiàn

down arrow key (on keyboard)

2026-04-25

下箸

xià zhù

(literary) to eat

2026-04-26

下级

xià jí

low ranking/low level/underclass/subordinate

2026-04-27

下网

xià wǎng

to cast a fishing net/(computing) to go offline

2026-04-28

下线

xià xiàn

to go offline/(of a product) to roll off the assembly line/downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme)

2026-04-29

下线仪式

xià xiàn yí shì

product launching ceremony

2026-04-30

下聘

xià pìn

to send the betrothal gifts/(fig.) to conclude a marriage