降職

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	office; duty
trad. (降職)		降	職
simp. (降职)		降	职

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàngzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ zik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kàng-chit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngzhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: chiang⁴-chih²
    • Yale: jyàng-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqjyr
    • Palladius: цзянчжи (czjančži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong³ zik¹
    • Yale: gong jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³ jig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ t͡sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-chit
    • Tâi-lô: kàng-tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karngcid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sit̚³²/

Verb

降⫽職 (verb-object)

1. to demote (to a lower rank)

Synonyms

• 左遷／左迁 (zuǒqiān) (literary)
• 甪職／甪职 (Hokkien)
• 落格 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 貶官／贬官 (biǎnguān) (an official)
• 貶斥／贬斥 (biǎnchì) (literary)
• 貶職／贬职 (biǎnzhí) (literary)
• 貶黜／贬黜 (biǎnchù) (literary)
• 降級／降级 (jiàngjí)