回落

huíluò

verb HSK 7 #62,907

Meanings

1 to fall back; to drop back; to decline again

Characters

to return; back

to fall; to drop

Literally 'return to falling' — something that had risen is dropping back down.

Examples

房价开始回落了。

Fángjià kāishǐ huíluò le.

Housing prices are starting to fall back.

股市昨天回落了两个百分点。

Gǔshì zuótiān huíluò le liǎng ge bǎifēndiǎn.

The stock market dropped back two percentage points yesterday.

Tips

usage

回落 is the mirror opposite of 回升. It's used almost exclusively for measurable things — prices, temperatures, indices, rates. It implies the drop follows a previous rise, so it carries less alarm than 暴跌 (plummet).

Stroke Order

回 huí

落 luò