跌價

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to tumble	price; value; valence (on an atom) price; value; valence (on an atom); great; good; middleman; servant
trad. (跌價)		跌	價
simp. (跌价)		跌	价

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diējià, diéjià

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝ ㄐㄧㄚˋ, ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dit³ gaa³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): et¹ ga¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): diet⁶ ga⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tiet-ka

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tiêd⁶ ga⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diējià
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝ ㄐㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diejià
    • Wade–Giles: tieh¹-chia⁴
    • Yale: dyē-jyà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diejiah
    • Palladius: децзя (deczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diéjià
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diéjià
    • Wade–Giles: tieh²-chia⁴
    • Yale: dyé-jyà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyejiah
    • Palladius: децзя (deczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dit³ gaa³
    • Yale: dit ga
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dit⁸ gaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: did³ ga³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːt̚³ kaː³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: et¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /et̚³³ ka³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: diet⁶ ga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛt̚⁵ ka³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiet-ka
    • Hakka Romanization System: died^ˋ ga
    • Hagfa Pinyim: diad⁵ ga⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ti̯et̚² ka⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tiêd⁶ ga⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰiɛt̚⁵ ka⁵³/

Verb

跌價

1. to fall in price
   • 1981 [1953–1954], 倪海曙, “賣炭的老人（白居易：賣炭翁）”, in 雜格嚨咚 [Zagelongdong], 生活·讀書·新知三聯書店, reprint of 長安集 by 倪海曙, page 238:

     冬天身上穿著單衣，
     但是怕木炭跌價，只希望天氣更冷。 [MSC, trad.]
     冬天身上穿着单衣，
     但是怕木炭跌价，只希望天气更冷。 [MSC, simp.]

     Dōngtiān shēnshàng chuānzhe dānyī,
     Dànshì pà mùtàn diējià, zhǐ xīwàng tiānqì gèng lěng. [Pinyin]

     In the winter he wears single-layer clothing on his body,
     But he fears that charcoal will lose its value, and only hopes that the weather becomes even colder.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 降價 (“to reduce price; to bring down the price”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		降價, 跌價, 減價, 掉價, 貶價
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	跌價, 削價, 減價
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	跌價兒
	Xi'an	降價
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	落價, 跌價
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	降價
Cantonese	Guangzhou	跌價
	Hong Kong	跌價
	Taishan	跌價
	Dongguan	跌價, 跌
Gan	Nanchang	跌價
	Lichuan	跌價
	Pingxiang	跌價
Hakka	Meixian	跌價, 落價
	Yudu	跌價
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	落價, 跌價
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	落價, 跌價
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	落價, 跌價
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	落價, 跌價
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	落價, 跌價
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	落價
Northern Min	Jian'ou	落價
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	落價, 沰價
Southern Min	Xiamen	落價, 敗價
	Quanzhou	落價
	Jinjiang	落價
	Zhangzhou	落價, 敗價
	Tainan	落價 GT, 敗價 GT, 放價 GT, dated, 甪價 GT
	Manila (Hokkien)	落價
	Haikou	落價
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	降價, 跌價
Wu	Danyang	削價, 跌價
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Antonyms

• 漲價／涨价 (zhǎngjià)