降生

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (降生)		降	生
simp. #(降生)		降	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ sang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kong-sên
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kàng-seng / kàng-sng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngsheng
    • Wade–Giles: chiang⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: jyàng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqsheng
    • Palladius: цзяншэн (czjanšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong³ sang¹
    • Yale: gong sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kong-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: gong sen^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gong⁴ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /koŋ⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-seng
    • Tâi-lô: kàng-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karngsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-sng
    • Tâi-lô: kàng-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karngsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/

Verb

降生

1. (especially of an important figure, such as a founder of a religion) to be born

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 降世 (jiàngshì) (especially of an important figure)