降价
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
降价 (jiàngjià) · to cut prices
降价 (jiàngjià) means “to cut prices; to get cheaper”. It is written with 2 characters: 降 (to fall) + 价 (price). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 降价 is built
The characters
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)
价 jià · price
What 价 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 介jiè — agent
- 人rén — person
Example sentences
这些水果降价了。Zhèxiē shuǐguǒ jiàngjià le.These fruits have been marked down.
这种手机什么时候降价?Zhè zhǒng shǒujī shénme shíhou jiàngjià?When will this phone get cheaper?
Questions about 降价
What does 降价 mean?
降价 (jiàngjià) means “to cut prices; to get cheaper”.
How do you pronounce 降价?
降价 is pronounced jiàngjià.
Which HSK level is 降价?
降价 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 降低jiàngdīto lower
- 降落jiàngluòto land
- 降温jiàngwēnto get colder
- 下降xiàjiàngto decline
- 降临jiànglínto arrive
- 投降tóuxiángto surrender
- 降jiàngto fall
- 价格jiàgéprice
- 价钱jiàqianprice
- 价值jiàzhívalue
Learn 降价 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 92: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.