giáng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "giang"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 降 (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaːŋ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jaːŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jaːŋ˦˥]

Noun

giáng

1. (music, only in compounds, after the name of a note) a flat
2. (music) Short for dấu giáng (“flat sign”).

Verb

giáng

1. (literary) to inflict

   giáng một đòn chí tử

   to deal a fatal blow

See also

• giáng sinh
• thăng