HSK 6 · Adjectives

不相上下 bùxiāngshàngxià “equally matched” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 不相上下 means

  1. equally matched
  2. about the same

How to say 不相上下

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale不bù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale相xiāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale上shàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale下xià4th tone, falling

不相上下 in a sentence

  1. 这两个人的水平不相上下。

    Zhè liǎng ge rén de shuǐpíng bùxiāngshàngxià.

    These two are about equally good.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 今天和昨天的温度不相上下。

    Jīntiān hé zuótiān de wēndù bùxiāngshàngxià.

    Today’s temperature is about the same as yesterday’s.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 不相上下 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 不 (bù) drawn as one shape
不bùno; not so

不 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidPicture a bar 一 across the top that nothing below can get past: not, no.

The character 相 (xiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
相xiāngeach other
  • 木tree · mù
  • 目eye · mù

Memory aidAn eye 目 looking at a tree 木: to look at, and so “each other”.

The character 上 (shàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
上shàngup; upper; above; previous
  • ⺊divination form of 卜 · bǔ
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA short stroke above the line: up, on top.

The character 下 (xià) with each of its parts in a different colour
下xiàdown
  • 一one · yī
  • 卜divination · bǔ

Memory aidA short stroke below the line: down, below.

How to write 不相上下

不 4 strokes · 相 9 strokes · 上 3 strokes · 下 3 strokes

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不相上下 (bùxiāngshàngxià) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 不相上下 (bùxiāngshàngxià). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 不相上下

Words with 不

不bù · no不要bùyào · don’t!不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome对不起duìbuqǐ · sorry不错bùcuò · not bad不好意思bùhǎoyìsi · to feel embarrassed不但búdàn · not only不同bùtóng · different不少bùshǎo · quite a few不见bújiàn · to be missing

Words with 相

相信xiāngxìn · to believe照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo相机xiàngjī · camera照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera相反xiāngfǎn · opposite相同xiāngtóng · the same互相hùxiāng · each other相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)相似xiāngsì · similar相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to

Words with 上

上shàng · up上午shàngwǔ · morning (forenoon)上课shàngkè · to go to class上学shàngxué · to go to school早上zǎoshang · morning晚上wǎnshang · evening上班shàngbān · to go to work上面shàngmiàn · above路上lùshang · on the road上来shànglái · to come up

Words with 下

下xià · down下午xiàwǔ · afternoon下雨xiàyǔ · to rain下班xiàbān · to finish work下课xiàkè · to finish class一下yíxià · (after a verb) briefly下面xiàmiàn · below下去xiàqù · to go down下来xiàlai · to come down以下yǐxià · below

More words: Adjectives

博大精深bódàjīngshēn · broad and profound (of knowledge or culture)薄弱bóruò · weak不可思议bùkěsīyì · unimaginable不像话búxiànghuà · unreasonable苍白cāngbái · pale仓促cāngcù · hurried残酷cánkù · cruel灿烂cànlàn · brilliant

FAQs

不相上下 (bùxiāngshàngxià) means “equally matched” or “about the same”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bùxiāngshàngxià: bù with a 4th tone, then xiāng with a 1st tone, then shàng with a 4th tone, then xià with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 不相上下 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type buxiangshangxia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 不相上下 from the suggestions. Typing buxiangshangxia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
不相上下 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.