下调 xiàtiáoxiàdiào HSK7 lower Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: demote All meanings 6 xiàtiáo 4 lower 4xiàdiào 2 demote 1reassign 1 1 sentence for 下调 (xiàdiào — demote) 他因为表现不佳被下调了职级。 tā yīnwèi biǎoxiàn bù jiā bèi xiàdiào le zhíjí. He was demoted because of his poor performance. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary