下 xià
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- 一 one 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
下降
xiàjiàng
to go down; to fall
Characters in this word
降 jiàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 夅 to descend, to fall
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 气温下降了。 Qìwēn xiàjiàng le. The temperature went down.
- 价格在下降。 Jiàgé zài xiàjiàng. The price is going down.
- 水位下降了。 Shuǐwèi xiàjiàng le. The water level went down.
Related words
- 楼下 lóuxià downstairs
- 下 xià down, below; to go down; to finish (work or class)
- 下班 xiàbān to finish work
- 下边 xiàbian below, underneath
- 下车 xiàchē to get off (a bus or car)
- 下次 xiàcì next time
- 下课 xiàkè to finish class
- 下午 xiàwǔ afternoon
- 下雨 xiàyǔ to rain
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 坐下 zuòxia to sit down
- 放下 fàngxia to put down