Chinese word

降级

Pronunciation

Pinyinjiàng jí

我不想把系统降级到旧版本。wǒ bù xiǎng bǎ xì tǒng jiàng jí dào jiù bán běn

I don't want to downgrade the system to an old version.

管理员因安全问题把某些账号降级了。guán lǐ yuán yīn ān quán wèn tí bǎ mǒu xiē zhàng hào jiàng jí le

The administrator downgraded some accounts because of security issues.

A step downward on a scale of versions, rank, or standards.

账号被降级zhàng hào bèi jiàng jí
account was downgraded
权限被降级quán xiàn bèi jiàng jí
permissions were downgraded
把会员降级为普通会员bǎ huì yuán jiàng jí wèi pǔ tōng huì yuán
downgrade a membership to a regular membership

回退huí tuì: Roll a change or update back to an earlier stage.
还原huán yuán: Bring data or settings back to the way they were before.

把系统、版本、等级或标准从较高一档降到较低一档的行为或状态。bǎ xì tǒng bán běn děng jí huò biāo zhǔn cóng jiào gāo yí dàng jiàng dào jiào dī yí dàng de xíng wéi huò zhuàng tài

降 (jiàng, "lower") + 级 (jí, "level") combine to describe moving something from a higher level to a lower one.

The word often describes a deliberate change in software state, so it is useful when discussing versions and system settings in everyday conversation.