降低

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath
trad. (降低)		降	低
simp. #(降低)		降	低

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàngdī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄉㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ dai¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kong-tâi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kàng-te / kàng-kē / kàng-kě

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gang³ di¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngdī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄉㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngdi
    • Wade–Giles: chiang⁴-ti¹
    • Yale: jyàng-dī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqdi
    • Palladius: цзянди (czjandi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ti⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong³ dai¹
    • Yale: gong dāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ dai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³ dei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ tɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kong-tâi
    • Hakka Romanization System: gong dai´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gong⁴ dai¹
    • Sinological IPA: /koŋ⁵⁵ tai̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-te
    • Tâi-lô: kàng-te
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karngdef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ te³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ te⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-kē
    • Tâi-lô: kàng-kē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karngke
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ke²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ke³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ke³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-kě
    • Tâi-lô: kàng-kě
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ke²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gang³ di¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kàng ti
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ti³³/

Verb

降低

1. (ergative) to reduce; to lower; to cut down; to drop

   降低成本  ―  jiàngdī chéngběn  ―  to lower costs

   降低血糖  ―  jiàngdī xuètáng  ―  to lower blood sugar

   降低尿酸  ―  jiàngdī niàosuān  ―  to reduce uric acid levels

Synonyms

• 削 (literary, or in compounds)
• 削減／削减 (xuējiǎn)
• 壓縮／压缩 (yāsuō)
• 損／损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 撤 (chè)
• 收縮／收缩 (shōusuō)
• 消減／消减 (xiāojiǎn)
• 減低／减低 (jiǎndī)
• 減削／减削 (jiǎnxuè)
• 減少／减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
• 減損／减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
• 減輕／减轻 (jiǎnqīng)
• 省卻／省却 (shěngquè)
• 砍 (kǎn)
• 緊縮／紧缩 (jǐnsuō)
• 縮減／缩减 (suōjiǎn)
• 耗
• 裁 (cái)
• 裁汰 (cáitài) (literary)
• 裁減／裁减 (cáijiǎn)
• 鐫汰／镌汰 (juāntài) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• 提高 (tígāo)