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下降

xià jiàng

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

下降 (xià jiàng) means "to decline; to drop; to fall". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 下降 means

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

The characters in 下降

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 降jiàngto drop; to fall; to come down

Example sentences

• 雨后气温下降了。
  Yǔ hòu qìwēn xiàjiàng le.
  There was a drop in temperature after the rain.
• 气温突然下降了。
  Qìwēn tūrán xiàjiàng le.
  The temperature has suddenly dropped.
• 最近物价已经下降。
  Prices have dropped recently.
• 我的视力正慢慢下降。
  Wǒ de shìlì zhèng mànmàn xiàjiàng.
  My eyesight is getting worse.
• 昨天晚上气温突然下降
  There was a sudden drop in the temperature last night.
• 加拿大的犯罪率下降了。
  Canada's crime rate is decreasing.

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