Chinese symbol for “degrade”
堕落
duò luò
Traditional: 墮落
to degrade; to degenerate; to become depraved; corrupt
The closest CC-CEDICT match for degrade is 堕落 (duò luò), defined as: to degrade; to degenerate; to become depraved; corrupt; a fall from grace.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “degrade”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贬低 (貶低) | biǎn dī | to belittle; to disparage |
| 降级 (降級) | jiàng jí | to demote; to relegate |
| 降解 | jiàng jiě | (chemistry) degradation; to degrade |
| 作践 (作踐) | zuò jiàn | to ill-use; to humiliate |
| 减损 (減損) | jiǎn sǔn | to impair; to degrade |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 堕落.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堕胎 (墮胎) | duò tāi | to induce an abortion; induced abortion |
| 自甘堕落 (自甘墮落) | zì gān duò luò | to abandon oneself (idiom); to let oneself go |
| 堕楼 (墮樓) | duò lóu | to jump to one's death |
| 呱呱堕地 (呱呱墮地) | gū gū duò dì | see 呱呱坠地 (gū gū zhuì dì) |
| 堕云雾中 (墮雲霧中) | duò yún wù zhōng | (lit.) to become lost in a fog (idiom); (fig.) at a complete loss |
| 落实 (落實) | luò shí | practical; workable |
| 部落 | bù luò | tribe |
| 落后 (落後) | luò hòu | to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc) |
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.