粵

下haa6降gong3

haa6 gong3xia4jiang4xià jiàng

English

  1. to decline
  2. (verb) Descend; (adjective) 1. Descending
  3. to fall downwards (physically); to descend
  4. to drop
  5. (of a metric or an extent) to fall in value; to decrease; to drop; to decline
  6. to fall
  7. to go down
  8. to decrease

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 位置向下改變
  2. 數值變細;程度變低

Examples

  • 冷空氣下降

    cold air flows downwards ----

  • 預測聽日氣温會下降至攝氏五度。

    The forecast is that tomorrow's temperature will drop to 5 degrees Celsius.

  • 今年嘅綜合消費物價指數持續下降。

    This year's consumer price index has been continuously dropping.

  • 隨住世界其他地區嘅傳播率下降,香港政府援引緊急權力去對抗緊前所未有嘅新冠肺炎病例。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 沿海發展同城市擴張正以快速嘅速度發生,而由此引起嘅海龜數量下降會傷害雌性龜,同埋佢哋嘅平等關係。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 冇錯,因為出生率下降,小朋友嘅數量係減少緊,而學校嘅學生數量亦都係減少緊,但係呢個係完全正常嘅。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 石油峰值係一個基於哈伯特理論嘅事件,係指石油開採率達到最大嘅時間點,之後預計生產率會進入最後嘅下降。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 气温下降了。

    The temperature has dropped.

    Tatoeba · zweisamkeit CC BY

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

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