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降温

jiàng wēnㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄨㄣ

Sino-Vietnamese: GIÁNG ÔN

Traditional: 降溫

HSK 3.0 · 4

Meaning(verb, verbal noun)

to become cooler; to lower the temperature; cooling; (of interest, activity etc) to decline

Examples

  • 明天开始降温,多穿点儿衣服。

    míng tiān kāi shǐ jiàng wēn, duō chuān diǎn ér yī fu.

    It's getting colder from tomorrow, so wear more clothes.

  • 太热了,开空调降温吧。

    tài rè le, kāi kōng tiáo jiàng wēn ba.

    It's too hot — turn on the air conditioning to cool down.

  • 这个话题很快就降温了。

    zhè ge huà tí hěn kuài jiù jiàng wēn le.

    Interest in this topic soon died down.

Easily confused

  • 降低 — 降温 is about temperature (or figurative cooling-off); 降低 is a general 'lower' for prices, costs, speed, etc.

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Stroke order

HÀNG · 8 strokes

to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend

ÔN · 12 strokes