HSK 4 · Verbs

降落 jiàngluò “to descend” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 降落 means

  1. to descend
  2. to land

How to say 降落

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale落luò4th tone, falling

降落 in a sentence

  1. 飞机就要降落了。

    Fēijī jiùyào jiàngluò le.

    The plane is about to land.

    Sentence #6316773 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 起飞比降落容易。

    Qǐfēi bǐ jiàngluò róngyì.

    Taking off is easier than landing.

    Sentence #798304 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 这架客机降落在东京了。

    Zhè jià kèjī jiàngluò zài Dōngjīng le.

    The plane landed in Tokyo.

    Sentence #793953 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 降落 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 落 (luò) with each of its parts in a different colour
落luòto fall or drop
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 洛a river in the Shanxi province · luòSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 洛 (luò) hints at the sound. Compare it with luò.

How to write 降落

降 8 strokes · 落 12 strokes

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

Words related to 降落

Words with 降

降低jiàngdī · to reduce降临jiànglín · to arrive投降tóuxiáng · to surrender

Words with 落

落后luòhòu · to fall behind角落jiǎoluò · corner堕落duòluò · to degenerate落成luòchéng · to be completed (building)冷落lěngluò · to snub落实luòshí · to put into effect丢三落四diūsānlàsì · forgetful

More words: Common Verbs

逛guàng · to stroll好像hǎoxiàng · as if活动huódòng · activity获得huòdé · to obtain积累jīlěi · to accumulate继续jìxù · to continue寄jì · to send坚持jiānchí · to persevere with

FAQs

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