Chinese word

下落

Pronunciation

Pinyinxià luò

Meaning

  • noundecline

Example

市场的下落让大家很担心。shì chǎng de xià luò ràng dà jiā hěn dān xīn

The market's decline worries everyone.

Illustration for 下落 (decline)

More examples

当局仍在调查嫌疑人的下落。dāng jú réng zài diào chá xián yí rén de xià luò

The authorities are still investigating the suspect's whereabouts.

Core concept

The result of moving down from a higher point: a reduced level, or the location reached below.

Common phrases

  • 汇率下落huì lǜ xià luò

    exchange rate decline

  • 股市下落gǔ shì xià luò

    stock market decline

  • 下落趋势xià luò qū shì

    downward trend

Similar words

下跌xià diē: A downward movement or fall in a price or number.
下降xià jiàng: A decrease in a level or degree from higher to lower.
跌势diē shì: A downward direction or momentum in prices or indexes.
跌幅diē fú: The size of a drop in a price or number.

Definition in Chinese

指价格、指数等从较高位置向较低位置减少的状态或过程，通常作为名词表示数值下降的结果或趋势。zhǐ jià gé zhǐ shù děng cóng jiào gāo wèi zhì xiàng jiào dī wèi zhì jián shǎo de zhuàng tài huò guò chéng tōng cháng zuò wéi míng cí biǎo shì shù zhí xià jiàng de jié guǒ huò qū shì

Word origin

下 (xià, "down") + 落 (luò, "fall") presents downward motion as reaching a lower point, which extends naturally from falling values to an item's whereabouts.

Usage tips

  • Because it can fill a noun slot, a modifier can identify whose downward trend is being discussed, allowing the whole trend to act as the subject of a sentence.

Other meanings

  • fallverb
  • whereaboutsnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 下落不明xià luò bù míngwhereabouts unknownidiom

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