降价 (jiàng jià) — to lower the price, to reduce the price, to get… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

降价 specifically means lowering the selling price of a good. Unlike 打折, it's a one-time price reduction by the seller (not a percentage discount), and unlike 降 / 降低 it isn't used for temperature or abstract levels.

verb

to lower the priceto reduce the priceto get cheaper

Examples

降价。
Zhè jiā diàn de shāng pǐn dōu jiàng jià le.
All the goods in this store have gotten cheaper.
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Shàng ge yuè zhè zhǒng diàn nǎo jiàng guò yí cì jià.
Last month, this type of computer had a price reduction once.
降价？
Nǐ shén me shí hou huì zài jiàng jià?
When will you lower the price again?

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

降 (lower) directed at 价 (price) means reduce the price.

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.

阝夅降

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.

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

人介价

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

介

介jiè价jiè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

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