Chinese word dictionary

降临

jiànglín · to descend; to arrive; to come

Practice word

Word information

Simplified降临

Traditional降臨

Pinyinjiànglín

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

降jiàng

to descend, to fall; to drop, to lower

临lín

to draw near, to approach; to descend

How to learn 降临

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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降jiàng

to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend

降低jiàngdī

to reduce; to lower; to bring down

降价jiàngjià

to cut the price; to drive down the price; to get cheaper

降落jiàngluò

to descend; to land

降温jiàngwēn

to become cooler; to lower the temperature; cooling; (of interest, activity etc) to decline

下降xiàjiàng

to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease