下降
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
下降 (xiàjiàng) · to decline
下降 (xiàjiàng) means “to decline; to drop; to fall”. It is written with 2 characters: 下 (down) + 降 (to fall). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 下降 is built
The characters
下 xià · down
What 下 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 卜bo — divination
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丶 — dot
Origin hint: One stroke under another; compare 上 (above) (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
降 jiàng · to fall
What 降 is made of
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 夅jiàng — to descend
- 夂zhǐ — to go
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 又yòu — and
- 夂zhǐ — to go
Origin hint: 阝 gives the meaning, 夅 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
今天的气温下降了。Jīntiān de qìwēn xiàjiàng le.The temperature dropped today.
最近房子的价格下降了吗？Zuìjìn fángzi de jiàgé xiàjiàng le ma?Have house prices dropped recently?
Questions about 下降
What does 下降 mean?
下降 (xiàjiàng) means “to decline; to drop; to fall”.
How do you pronounce 下降?
下降 is pronounced xiàjiàng.
Which HSK level is 下降?
下降 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 楼下lóuxiàdownstairs
- 下班xiàbānto finish work
- 下边xiàbianbelow
- 下车xiàchēto get off a vehicle
- 下次xiàcìnext time
- 下课xiàkèto finish class
- 下午xiàwǔafternoon
- 下雨xiàyǔto rain
- 一下儿yīxiàra little while
- 坐下zuòxiato sit down
Learn 下降 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 86: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.