粵

下haa6調tiu4

simp下调
haa6 tiu4xià diàoxià tiáo

English

  1. to demote
  2. to adjust downwards
  3. to pass down to a lower unit
  4. to lower (prices, wages etc)
  5. to reduce; to downgrade

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 將原定嘅目標降低

Examples

  • 政府將下調今年嘅經濟增長預測。

    The government is going to downgrade its forecast for economic growth this year.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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