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
降临
jiànglín
to arrive; to descend
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 当寒潮突然降临，沿海养殖户不得不连夜加固设备。 Dāng háncháo tūrán jiànglín, yánhǎi yǎngzhíhù bù dé bù liányè jiāgù shèbèi. When the cold wave suddenly arrived, coastal aquaculture farmers had to reinforce their equipment overnight.
- 夜幕降临，街上的灯一盏一盏亮了起来。 Yèmù jiànglín, jiē shang de dēng yì zhǎn yì zhǎn liàng le qǐlái. Night fell, and the street lights came on one by one.
- 新年即将降临，家家户户都在贴春联。 Xīnnián jíjiāng jiànglín, jiājiāhùhù dōu zài tiē chūnlián. The new year is about to arrive, and every household is putting up spring couplets.
Related words
- 降 jiàng to fall
- 降低 jiàngdī to lower
- 降价 jiàngjià to cut the price
- 降落 jiàngluò to land
- 降温 jiàngwēn to cool down
- 下降 xiàjiàng to go down; to fall
- 投降 tóuxiáng surrender; capitulate
- 光临 guānglín to visit
- 临时 línshí temporary; at the last moment
- 面临 miànlín to face; to be faced with
- 来临 láilín to come, to arrive
- 濒临 bīnlín to be on the verge of; to be close to