haa6 gong3下降
Jyutpinghaa6 gong3
Yalehah gong
Definition
To fall, descend, or decline in value, position, or degree.
- to descend, go down, or drop physically
- to decrease, decline, or fall in value or degree
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How it's used
Used primarily in formal contexts like weather reports, economic news, or technical descriptions. In everyday casual speech, people prefer using 落嚟 or 跌嚟 to describe physical movement or numerical decline.
Examples
The elevator is slowly descending.
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Common mistake
Avoid using this for casual physical movement, such as walking down stairs, where 落樓梯 is the natural choice. It sounds overly clinical or stiff if used in informal conversation.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
