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

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

(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)

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