Meaning
to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; surrender
Chinese: 来。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “jiang” becomes a different word in each tone. 降 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 下降xià jiàngto decline; to drop; to fall; to go down
- 降低jiàng dīto reduce; to lower; to bring down
- 降落jiàng luòto descend; to land
- 降温jiàng wēnto become cooler; to lower the temperature; cooling; (of interest, activity etc) to decline
- 降价jiàng jiàto cut the price; to drive down the price; to get cheaper
Example Sentence
气温突然降了下来。Qì wēn tū rán jiàng le xià lái.The temperature suddenly dropped.
气温Qì wēnair temperature突然tū ránsudden降jiàngto drop了le(completed action)下来xià láito come down。