降低

jiàng dī
HSK 4
to reduce, to lower, to bring down
verb

Example Sentences

请降低音量。
qǐng jiàngdī yīnliàng 。
Please lower the volume.
他决定降低价格以吸引更多客户。
tā juédìng jiàngdī jiàgé yǐ xīyǐn gēngduō kèhù 。
He decided to lower the price to attract more customers.
为了节省能源，我们需要降低用电量。
wèile jiéshěng néngyuán ， wǒmen xūyào jiàngdī yòng diànliàng 。
To save energy, we need to reduce electricity consumption.

Individual Characters

降jiàng
fall, drop, descend, come down
HSK 3
低dī
low, beneath, to lower (one's head)

Words with similar meanings

削减xuējiǎn
to cut down
More commonly used in contexts of budget or resources, implies a more severe or formal reduction.
减少jiǎnshǎo
to decrease
Generally interchangeable with 降低, but can imply a gradual process rather than a direct lowering.

Words Starting With 降

降落jiàng luò
to descend; to land
降临jiàng lín
to descend to

Words Ending With 低

贬低biǎn dī
to belittle; to disparage; to play down; to demean; to degrade; to devalue

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