How to Say ‘Why did the stores go down?’ in Simplified Chinese
门店怎么下降了？
mén diàn zěn me xià jiàng le
[méndiàn zěnme xiàjiàng le]
🇨🇳 In China: When a manager asks this, it's a request for an explanation, not necessarily blame. Answer with a clear cause right away, as in the reply about the weather.
Phrase Breakdown
门店
mén diàn
[méndiàn]
physical store; shop
A brick-and-mortar retail store.
门店的销售不错。
The store's sales are good.
怎么下降了？
zěn me xià jiàng le
how come it dropped?
怎么 + verb + 了 asks about a surprising change. Raise your voice slightly at the end.
温度怎么下降了？
How come the temperature dropped?
Words in this phrase
怎么
zěn me
[zěnme]
why; how come
Asks the reason, often with surprise.
你怎么来晚了？
How come you're late?
下降
xià jiàng
[xiàjiàng]
to decline; to drop
Describes a decrease in numbers.
销售下降了。
Sales declined.
了
le
[le]
change-of-state particle
Used with 快…了 to show something is about to happen.
火车快来了。
The train is about to arrive.
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