降班

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname
trad. (降班)		降	班
simp. #(降班)		降	班

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàngbān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄅㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ baan¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): gáung-băng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngbān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄅㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngban
    • Wade–Giles: chiang⁴-pan¹
    • Yale: jyàng-bān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqban
    • Palladius: цзянбань (czjanbanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ pän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong³ baan¹
    • Yale: gong bāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ baan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³ ban¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ paːn⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gáung-băng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kouŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)maŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

降⫽班 (verb-object)

1. (education) to repeat a grade
2. (chiefly Hong Kong, soccer) to be relegated to a lower league

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 留級 (“to repeat a grade”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		留級, 留班
Mandarin	Beijing	蹲班
	Taiwan	留級
	Yantai (Muping)	蹲班, 坐班
	Jinan	留級
	Luoyang	留級
	Wanrong	留級
	Yinchuan	留級, 踏級
	Xuzhou	蹲級
Cantonese	Guangzhou	留班, 留級
	Hong Kong	留班, 㨆班
Gan	Pingxiang	留級
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	落第
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	落第
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	落第
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	落第
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	落第
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	落第
Northern Min	Jian'ou	坐班
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	降班
Southern Min	Xiamen	甪班
	Tainan	落第
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	留級, 笪班
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	留級
	Suzhou	留級
	Hangzhou	留級
	Ningbo	留級