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下跌

xià diē

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

下跌 (xià diē) means "to fall; to tumble". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 下跌 means

1. to fall
2. to tumble

The characters in 下跌

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 跌diēto fall; to tumble; to trip

Example sentences

• 股价下跌了。
  Gǔjià xiàdiē le.
  Stock prices dropped.
• 肉价下跌了。
  The price of meat dropped.
• 米价下跌了。
  The price of rice has come down.
• 网站流量下跌。
  Site traffic is dropping.
• 当更多的纸币投入使用，价格就下跌了。
  Dāng gèng duō de zhǐbì tóurù shǐyòng, jiàgé jiù xiàdiē le.
  As more paper money came into use, the value fell.
• 在美国，由于投资者纷纷涌向包括黄金和美国国债在内的安全港，因此主要的股票市场指数在星期一一度下跌了3个百分点。
  Zài Měiguó, yóuyú tóuzīzhě fēnfēn yǒng xiàng bāokuò huángjīn hé Měiguó guózhài zàinèi de ānquán gǎng, yīncǐ zhǔyào de gǔpiào shìchǎng zhǐshù zài Xīngqīyī yīdù xiàdiē le sān gè bǎifēndiǎn.
  In the United States, the major stock market indices at one point were down three percentage points on Monday, as investors rushed to safe havens, including gold and U.S. Treasury bonds.

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