降世

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (降世)		降	世
simp. #(降世)		降	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ sai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kong-sṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kàng-sè / kàng-sì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chiang⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: jyàng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqshyh
    • Palladius: цзянши (czjanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 將士／将士 降世

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong³ sai³
    • Yale: gong sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ sɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kong-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: gong sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gong⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /koŋ⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-sè
    • Tâi-lô: kàng-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karngsex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ se²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ se¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-sì
    • Tâi-lô: kàng-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karngsix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹/

Verb

降世

1. (especially of an important figure) to descend to earth; to be born

Synonyms

• 出世 (chūshì) (literary or dialectal)
• 出生 (chūshēng)
• 生人 (shēngrén) (of a person)
• 落地 (figurative)
• 誕生／诞生 (dànshēng) (of a person)
• 降生 (jiàngshēng) (especially of an important figure)