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下降 (xià jiàng): To decline (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 3.0Level 4
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下 • xià • down; below • HSK 3.0 · L1
HSK 3.0 · L1
xià下

down; below

降 • jiàng • to descend, to fall, or to surrender • HSK 3.0 · L4
HSK 3.0 · L4
jiàng降

to descend, to fall, or to surrender

Word Info

Pinyinxià jiàng
Meaningto decline
Characters2
SyntaxVerb

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 下降.

Words with 下
  • 下午xià wǔafternoon
  • 下班xià bānto finish work
  • 下课xià kèto finish class
  • 下雨xià yǔrain
  • 一下yī xià[used after a verb] give something a go
  • 下去xià quto go down
  • 下来xià laito come down
  • 下面xià miànbelow
Words with 降
  • 降价jiàng jiàto cut the price
  • 降低jiàng dīto reduce
  • 降温jiàng wēnto become cooler
  • 降落jiàng luòto land [plane]; to descend
降水
jiàng shuǐ
precipitation; rainfall
  • 投降tóu xiángsurrender; capitulate
  • 降临jiàng línbefall; arrive
  • 升降shēng jiàngrise and fall, up and down
    • 4.

    Example Sentences with 下降

    guò过
    dù度
    shǐ使
    yòng用
    shǒu手
    jī机
    kě可
    néng能
    zào造
    chéng成
    shì视
    lì力
    xià下
    jiàng降
    。
    Excessive use of mobile phones may cause a decline in eyesight.
    zhè这
    ge个
    zhèng政
    dǎng党
    yǐ已
    jīng经
    tǒng统
    zhì治
    le
    lǎo老
    nián年
    rén人
    de的
    tīng听
    jué觉
    huì会
    zhú逐
    jiàn
    tā他
    de的
    zhì智
    shāng商
    bìng并
    wèi未
    yīn因
    nián年
    líng
    suī虽
    rán然
    suō缩
    duǎn短
    le了
    yán研
    fā发
    shí时
    jiān
    了
    èr二
    shí十
    nián年
    ，
    dàn但
    zuì最
    jìn近
    de的
    zhī支
    chí持
    lǜ率
    yǒu有
    suǒ所
    xià下
    jiàng降
    。
    This political party has been in power for twenty years, but its approval rating has recently declined.
    渐
    xià下
    jiàng降
    。
    Elderly people's hearing gradually declines.
    龄
    zēng增
    zhǎng长
    ér而
    xiǎn显
    zhù著
    xià下
    jiàng降
    。
    His IQ has not significantly declined with age.
    间
    ，
    dàn但
    chǎn产
    pǐn品
    zhì质
    liàng量
    bìng并
    wèi未
    xià下
    jiàng降
    。
    Although the R&D time was shortened, the product quality did not decline.