HSK 4 · Verbs

降低 jiàngdī “to reduce” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 降低 means

  1. to reduce
  2. to lower
  3. to bring down

How to say 降低

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale降jiàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale低dī1st tone, high and level

降低 in a sentence

  1. 她降低了收音机的音量。

    Tā jiàngdī le shōuyīnjī de yīnliàng.

    She turned the radio down.

    Sentence #1330043 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们正努力降低成本。

    Tāmen zhèng nǔlì jiàngdī chéngběn.

    They’re working hard to cut costs.

    Sentence #611542 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我们必须降低能源需求。

    Wǒmen bìxū jiàngdī néngyuán xūqiú.

    We must reduce energy demand.

    Sentence #5911627 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 降低 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 降 (jiàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
降jiàngto drop
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 夅to descend · jiàngSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 夅 (jiàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiàng.

The character 低 (dī) with each of its parts in a different colour
低dīlow
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 氐the name of an ancient tribe · dǐSound part

How to write 降低

降 8 strokes · 低 7 strokes

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降低 (jiàngdī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 降低 (jiàngdī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 降低

Words with 降

降落jiàngluò · to descend降临jiànglín · to arrive投降tóuxiáng · to surrender

Words with 低

低dī · low贬低biǎndī · to belittle

More words: Common Verbs

寄jì · to send坚持jiānchí · to persevere with减肥jiǎnféi · to lose weight减少jiǎnshǎo · to lessen交jiāo · to hand over接受jiēshòu · to accept节约jiéyuē · to economise结果jiéguǒ · result

FAQs

降低 (jiàngdī) means “to reduce” or “to lower”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jiàngdī: jiàng with a 4th tone, then dī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 降低 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiangdi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 降低 from the suggestions. Typing jiangdi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
降低 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.