Chinese symbol for “downturn”
滑坡
huá pō
rockslide; landslip; landslide; mudslide
The closest CC-CEDICT match for downturn is 滑坡 (huá pō), defined as: rockslide; landslip; landslide; mudslide; fig. slump; downturn.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “downturn”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 滑坡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 下滑 | xià huá | to slide down (a slope etc); (fig.) to decline |
| 滑雪 | huá xuě | to ski; skiing |
| 滑稽 | huá jī | comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang |
| 光滑 | guāng huá | smooth |
| 滑动 (滑動) | huá dòng | to slide; sliding movement |
| 山坡 | shān pō | hillside |
| 斜坡 | xié pō | slope; incline |
| 坡度 | pō dù | gradient; slope |
See also: Japanese symbol for “downturn”.
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.