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降低

jiàng dī

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

降低 (jiàng dī) means "to reduce; to lower; to bring down". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 降低 means

1. to reduce; to lower; to bring down

The characters in 降低

• 降jiàngto drop; to fall; to come down
• 低dīlow; beneath; to lower (one's head)

Example sentences

• 怎么降低成本呢？
  How do you keep costs down?
• 大雪降低了能见度。
  The snow was reducing visibility.
• 他们正努力降低成本。
  They are trying to keep costs down.
• 她降低了收音机的音量。
  Tā jiàngdī le shōuyīnjī de yīnliàng.
  She turned down the radio.
• 我们必须降低能源需求。
  We must reduce energy demand.
• 医生治疗了他们的降低体温。
  Yīshēng zhìliáo le tāmen de jiàngdī tǐwēn.
  They were treated for hypothermia.

Where 降低 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Achievements & outcomes (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiàng dī correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.