Chinese symbol for “decline”
下降
xià jiàng
to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down
The closest CC-CEDICT match for decline is 下降 (xià jiàng), defined as: to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “decline”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 衰退 | shuāi tuì | to decline; to fall |
| 没落 (沒落) | mò luò | to decline; to wane |
| 拒绝 (拒絕) | jù jué | to refuse; to decline; to reject |
| 衰败 (衰敗) | shuāi bài | to decline; to wane |
| 跌幅 | diē fú | decline (in value); extent of a drop |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 下降.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly |
| 以下 | yǐ xià | that level or lower; that amount or less |
| 下来 (下來) | xià lai | to come down; (completed action marker) |
| 下载 (下載) | xià zǎi | to download; also pr. [xia4zai4] |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon; 个 (gè) |
| 下去 | xià qù | to go down; to descend |
| 降低 | jiàng dī | to reduce; to lower; to bring down |
| 投降 | tóu xiáng | to surrender |
See also: Japanese symbol for “decline”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.