降温
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
降温 (jiàngwēn) · to get colder
降温 (jiàngwēn) means “to get colder; to cool down”. It is written with 2 characters: 降 (to fall) + 温 (warm). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 降温 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)
温 wēn · warm
What 温 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 昷wēn — warm
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 皿mǐn — dish
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 昷 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
明天要降温了，多穿点儿。Míngtiān yào jiàngwēn le, duō chuān diǎnr.It's going to get colder tomorrow, so wear more.
夏天怎么给房间降温？Xiàtiān zěnme gěi fángjiān jiàngwēn?How do you cool a room down in summer?
Questions about 降温
What does 降温 mean?
降温 (jiàngwēn) means “to get colder; to cool down”.
How do you pronounce 降温?
降温 is pronounced jiàngwēn.
Which HSK level is 降温?
降温 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 降低jiàngdīto lower
- 降价jiàngjiàto cut prices
- 降落jiàngluòto land
- 下降xiàjiàngto decline
- 降临jiànglínto arrive
- 投降tóuxiángto surrender
- 降jiàngto fall
- 气温qìwēnair temperature
- 温度wēndùtemperature
- 温暖wēnnuǎnwarm
Learn 降温 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 94: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.