下跌

xiàdiē

verb HSK 7 #19,282

Meanings

1 to fall; to decline; to drop (of prices, stocks, etc.)

Characters

to fall; to stumble; to drop

Literally 'to fall downward' — 跌 specifically implies a stumbling, uncontrolled fall.

Examples

股票大幅下跌。

Gǔpiào dàfú xiàdiē.

Stocks fell sharply.

房价已经连续三个月下跌。

Fángjià yǐjīng liánxù sān gè yuè xiàdiē.

Housing prices have been falling for three months in a row.

油价下跌对消费者是好消息。

Yóujià xiàdiē duì xiāofèizhě shì hǎo xiāoxi.

Falling oil prices are good news for consumers.

Tips

usage

下跌 is the standard term in financial contexts for prices/markets going down. Its opposite is 上涨 (shàngzhǎng, to rise). In stock market language: 跌停 (diētíng) means hitting the daily lower limit (stocks can only drop 10% per day in China), and 暴跌 (bàodiē) means a crash.

Stroke Order

下 xià

跌 diē