Definition
降 (jiàng) means 'to fall, drop, descend' and is used for measurable quantities like temperature, prices, or altitude. It differs from 降落 (jiàngluò), which specifically means 'to land' (aircraft) or 'to descend' (snow), and from 降低 (jiàngdī), which is transitive 'to reduce/lower something'. 降 often pairs with directional complements like 下来 or 下去.
verb
to fallto dropto descend (of temperature, prices, altitude, etc.)
Easily confused
- 将jiāngsound-alike(adverb) will, be going to
- 讲jiǎngsound-aliketo speak, to tell
- 奖jiǎngsound-alike(noun) prize, award
- 酱jiàngsound-alike(noun) thick fermented paste (e.g., soybean paste, broad bean paste)
- 姜jiāngsound-alikeginger
- 江jiāngsound-alikeriver
- 僵jiāngsound-alikestiff, rigid (especially of body parts from cold, staying still, or after death)
- 桨jiǎngsound-alikeoar; paddle
Examples
- 降。Jīntiān wēndù huì jiàng dào líng dù yǐxià.Today the temperature will drop to below zero degrees.
- 降。Jīnnián liángshi de jiàgé jiàng le yìxiē.The price of grain has dropped a bit this year.
- 降。Yǔ cóng tiān shàng jiàng xià lái.Rain falls from the sky.
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