降 (hong4 gong3 | xiang2 jiang4) : surrender, sudue; to fall, lower

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降

hong4 gong3

xiang2 jiang4

hong4 & xiang2
[1] surrender; capitulate; concede
[2] subdue; tame; vanquish

gong3 & jiang4
[1] fall; drop; descend
[2] lower; reduce; decline

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: (#170)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

降

Don't confuse with:
陸

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Jul 2009 13:48

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降職 gong3 zik1 jiang4 zhi2 = demote

升降機 sing1 gong3 gei1 sheng1 jiang4 ji1 = lift

下降 haa6 gong3 xia4 jiang4 = to decline; to drop; to decrease; to fall; to go down

降低 gong3 dai1 jiang4 di1 = to reduce; to lower; to lessen; to bring down

降價 gong3 gaa3 jiang4 jia4 = price reduction

降臨 gong3 lam4 jiang4 lin4 = to befall

降落 gong3 lok6 jiang4 luo4 = to descend; to go down; to come down; to land

降落傘 gong3 lok6 saan3 jiang4 luo4 san3 = parachute

投降 tau4 hong4 tou2 xiang2 = to surrender; to concede; to submit to; to capitulate; [n] surrender

無條件投降 mou4 tiu4 gin6*2 tau4 hong4 wu2 tiao2 jian4 tou2 xiang2 = unconditional surrender
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利率急遽下降
The interest rate rapidly declines

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Decimal representation of this word: 降
Unicode code for this character: U+964d (off-site link)

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