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降

Mandarin · pinyin jiàng#

to drop
to fall
to come down
to descend

Mandarin · pinyin xiáng#

to surrender; to capitulate
to subdue; to conquer; to tame

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降: jiàng · descend, fall, drop; lower, down

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4 · jiang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gong3 · hong4

Cantonese word readings for 降. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

to fall; to drop; to descend; to come down
(honorific) to visit; to honor with one's presence
to bestow; to confer
to reduce; to decrease; to lower
(music) flat (♭)
to be born
a surname

character · Etymology 2

to surrender; to capitulate; to give in
to subdue; to vanquish

character · Etymology 3

(Hakka) to give birth

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