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降温 (jiàng wēn) — to cool down (temperature); to cool off (enthusiasm, activity, etc.)

Definition

降温 is specifically about temperature or figurative 'heat' (enthusiasm, a hot market) cooling down. Use 降低 for general 'reduce/lower' (costs, standards), and 下降 for neutral drops like numbers or prices.

verb
to cool down (temperature)to cool off (enthusiasm, activity, etc.)

Examples

  • 降温，。
    Tiān qì jiàng wēn le, jì de duō chuān yī fu.
    The weather has cooled down; remember to wear more clothes.
  • 降温。
    Dà jiā duì zhè jiàn shì de rè qíng yǐ jīng jiàng wēn le.
    Everyone's enthusiasm for this matter has already cooled off.
  • 降温，。
    Zuì jìn shì chǎng jiàng wēn, shēng yì bù hǎo zuò.
    The market has cooled down recently, and business is hard to do.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

降jiànglower
温wēntemperature

降 (lower) directed at 温 (temperature) means make it cooler.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阝Written in full as阜fùhill, wall
Sound part声符shēngfú
夅
夅jiàng降xiáng
Same sound today

降 pairs 阝 (a hill or wall, written in full as 阜) with 夅, a sound part meaning 'to descend'; together they picture descending a hill.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 溫; 温 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 溫 is based on an older form 𥁕, which drew a person bathing in a container full of warm water. The simplified 温 is a later variant.

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