下
降

To decline in Chinese: 下降 (xià jiàng)

xià jiàng

to decline

HSK 3.0 Level 41 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to decline
  2. 2to drop
  3. 3to fall
  4. 4to go down
  5. 5to decrease

Stroke order

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下
降

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄚˋ

xià

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄤˋ

jiàng

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 今天的气温明显下降了。

    jīn tiān de qì wēn míng xiǎn xià jiàng le。

    The temperature dropped noticeably today.

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Related words

下

xià

down

降

jiàng

to drop

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

下雨

xià yǔ

to rain

降低

jiàng dī

to reduce

降落

jiàng luò

to descend

下载

xià zǎi

to download

楼下

lóu xià

downstairs

下班

xià bān

to finish work

下边

xià bian

under

下车

xià chē

to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)

下次

xià cì

next time

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