霜降

Chinese

		frost	to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender
trad. (霜降)		霜	降
simp. #(霜降)		霜	降
anagram		降霜
Literally: “descent of frost”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shuāngjiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄤ ㄐㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ gong³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Sông-kong
• Eastern Min (BUC): Sŏng-gáung
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Sng-kàng / Song-kàng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sang¹ gang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shuāngjiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shuangjiàng
    • Wade–Giles: Shuang¹-chiang⁴
    • Yale: Shwāng-jyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shuangjianq
    • Palladius: Шуанцзян (Šuanczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ gong³
    • Yale: sēung gong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ gong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ gong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Sông-kong
    • Hakka Romanization System: song´ gong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song¹ gong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /soŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Sŏng-gáung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /souŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋɑuŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sng-kàng / Song-kàng
    • Tâi-lô: Sng-kàng / Song-kàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sngkaxng, songkaxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ²¹/, /sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ kaŋ⁴¹/, /sɔŋ³³ kaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ²¹/, /sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ¹¹/, /sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ²¹/, /sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sang¹ gang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sang kàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ³³⁻²³ kaŋ²¹³/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 霜降

1. The 18th of the 24 solar terms around 23 or 24 October, when hoarfrost descends and is likely to bring the first film of ice

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (霜降):

• → Japanese: 霜降(そうこう) (sōkō)
• → Korean: 상강(霜降) (sanggang)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
霜	降
そう Grade: S	こう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Proper noun

霜(そう)降(こう) • (Sōkō) 

1. “descent of frost” (one of twenty-four solar terms)