Read Edit View history Discussion 下降 xiàjiàng HSK4 to decrease Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 下降 xiàjiàng to decrease verb To go down in degree, quality, or quantity; to decline. 要是气温开始下降怎么办？ yàoshi qìwēn kāishǐ xiàjiàng zěnmebàn? What if the temperature starts dropping? to descend To go or come down from a higher place; to drop or fall. to marry a commoner (literary) Used to describe a princess marrying someone of a lower social rank. to arrive (honorific, archaic) To deign to visit; to arrive, used when referring to a guest of higher status. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 16.0 per million appears in 6% of films Written text 138.4 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 4 Cross-References Antonym 上升 shàngshēng上涨 shàngzhǎng回升 huíshēng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
下降 xiàjiàng to decrease verb To go down in degree, quality, or quantity; to decline. 要是气温开始下降怎么办？ yàoshi qìwēn kāishǐ xiàjiàng zěnmebàn? What if the temperature starts dropping? to descend To go or come down from a higher place; to drop or fall. to marry a commoner (literary) Used to describe a princess marrying someone of a lower social rank. to arrive (honorific, archaic) To deign to visit; to arrive, used when referring to a guest of higher status. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 16.0 per million appears in 6% of films Written text 138.4 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 4 Cross-References Antonym 上升 shàngshēng上涨 shàngzhǎng回升 huíshēng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)