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Right arm out, palm pressing downward.
Also known as: Slow down signal China
The Chinese traffic officer's signal to slow, given with the arm extended to the side and the palm pressing down.
Instructs approaching traffic to reduce speed.
Contexts: Road signage
Uses a downward press, which is the same gesture used to mean slow in several unrelated signalling systems including diving and aircraft marshalling; the coincidence is usually explained as the gesture miming the act of pushing something down rather than as any shared origin.
Contexts: Road signage
A standing figure with the right arm held out to the side at shoulder height and the open palm pressing downward in a repeated movement.
The eight-signal vocabulary this belongs to.