贬值 biǎnzhí to become devaluated
to become devaluated; to devaluate; to depreciate
How to remember 贬值: 贬 to devalue + 值 price = to become devaluated.
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How it is used
- To depreciate / lose value - of currency or assets - 货币贬值 (huòbì biǎnzhí) currency devaluation; 房子贬值 (fángzi biǎnzhí) the house lost value.
- Economic/financial register; the opposite is 升值 (shēngzhí, to appreciate) - 房子升值 (fángzi shēngzhí) the house gains value.
- Figurative extension: 文凭贬值 (a degree's value has fallen). Contrast 贬低 (biǎndī), which is disparaging people.