呈上升趋势 / 呈下降趋势【chéng shàngshēng qūshì / chéng xiàjiàng qūshì】

upward trend, downward trend, trending up, trending down, on the rise, in decline, show a trend, cheng, shangsheng, xiajiang, qushi

Describes which way a figure is moving over time, "is trending up" or "down", after the thing measured: 。 is "the birth rate is trending down".

HSK 7-9

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Structure

[subject] + 呈 + 上升 / 下降 / 增长 + 趋势

[subject] + 呈 + 逐年 / 明显 / 持续 + 上升 / 下降 + 趋势

[subject] + 呈 + [shape] + 形 / 状

Description

呈 + trend says which way a figure is moving. 呈 is the written one-syllable form of 呈现 "show", and its object ends in 趋势 "trend" or 态势 "pattern". It belongs to reports and papers that describe data.

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Over the past ten years the birth rate has been trending down.

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The urban population is rising year by year.

A word of pace or manner can go before 上升 or 下降: 逐年 "year by year", 明显 "clearly", 缓慢 "slowly", 持续 "steadily".

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Students' reading time is clearly falling.

态势 is more formal still and goes with 稳定, 良好 and 增长.

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The economy is showing steady growth this year.

Shapes

呈 also takes a shape with 形 or 状: 呈圆形 "is circular", 呈扇形 "is fan-shaped". This is the usage in descriptions of objects and places.

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The square is circular.

Mistakes

上升 and 下降 after 呈 need 趋势 or 态势 to finish the phrase, and 呈 takes no 了.

× 价格呈上升 → 价格呈上升趋势 / 价格在上升
× 人数呈了下降趋势 → 人数呈下降趋势

Examples

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Over the past ten years the birth rate has been trending down.

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The urban population is rising year by year.

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Students' reading time is clearly falling.

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The economy is showing steady growth this year.

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The square is circular.

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The number of online shoppers is growing fast.

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Air quality has been improving in recent years.

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The number of smokers is falling year by year.

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The chart shows temperatures rising and then falling.

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House prices in the area are rising slowly.

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This leaf is heart-shaped.

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The number of people taking the exam keeps growing.

同比 / 环比

呈现 / 呈现出