Learn Chinese Characters

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 ránsuddenjiàngto drople(completed action)下来xià láito come down