降 jiàng

1. jiàng verb to descend; to fall; to drop
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 落下 (CC-CEDICT '降'; FE '降' jiàng 1; Guoyu '降' jiàng v 1; Kroll 2015 '降' 1, p. 201; Mathews 1931 '降', p. 88; Unihan '降'; XHZD '降' 1)
2. jiàng verb to degrade
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '降' 1b, p. 201)
3. jiàng proper noun Jiang [jupiter station]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In Chinese traditional astronomy (Kroll 2015 '降' 2, p. 202)
4. jiàng verb to confer; to bestow; to give
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 给予 (Guoyu '降' jiàng v 3)
5. jiàng verb to reduce; to decline
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 降低 (CC-CEDICT '降'; FE '降' jiàng 4; Guoyu '降' jiàng v 4; Unihan '降'; XHZD '降' 2)
6. jiàng verb to condescend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE '降' jiàng 3; Guoyu '降' jiàng v 2; Kroll 2015 '降' 1a, p. 201; )
7. jiàng verb to surrender
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE '降' jiàng 5; Mathews 1931 '降', p. 88)
8. jiàng proper noun Jiang
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (XHZD '降' 3)
9. xiáng verb to surrender
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 投降 (CC-CEDICT '降'; FE '降' xiáng 1; Guoyu '降' xiáng v 1; Kroll 2015 '降' xiáng, p. 202; Mathews 1931 '降', p. 89)
10. xiáng verb to conquer; to subdue
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 制服 (CC-CEDICT '降'; FE '降' xiáng 2; Guoyu '降' xiáng v 2)

Contained in

• 降咎 to send misfortune
• 贬降(貶降) to demote
• 诈降(詐降) feigned surrender
• 降雨 to rain
• 耶稣降临节(耶穌降臨節) Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
• 圣神降临(聖神降臨) Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
• 亡降 fled and surrendered
• 降祉 to send blessings
• 降祸(降禍) to send misfortune
• 一物降一物 one object bests another object; every item has a weakness; there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
• 降下 to fall; to drop
• 降调(降調) to demote and transfer ; falling tone
• 降落伞(降落傘) parachute
• 降息 to lower interest rates
• 夜幕降临(夜幕降臨) nightfall
• 降罚(降罰) to send down punishment
• 缓降器(緩降器) cable reel and harness used to lower oneself to safety (e.g. from a building on fire)
• 兵降 the troops surrendered
• 降序 descending order
• 私约降(私約降) a secret agreement for surrender
• 降噪 noise reduction
• 自由降落 free fall
• 空降兵 paratroopers
• 降结肠(降結腸) descending colon; third section of large intestine
• 受降 to accept surrender
• 降妖 to subdue a monster
• 无条件投降(無條件投降) unconditional surrender
• 欲降 wished to surrender
• 圣神降临周(聖神降臨週) Whitsuntide
• 霜降 Shuangjing ; to frost
• 降临(降臨) to come down to visit; to arrive
• 降旨 to issue an imperial edict
• 骤降(驟降) to fall rapidly; to plummet
• 坐降落伞(坐降落傘) to do a parachute jump
• 降神 descending spirits
• 招降纳叛(招降納叛) to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters; to gather together a gang of villains
• 降血钙素(降血鈣素) calcitonin
• 起降 (of aircraft) to take off and land
• 降落 to descend
• 降福 blessings from heaven
• 降温(降溫) to become cooler; to lower the temperature; cooling; (of interest, activity etc) to decline
• 拱手投降 both hands up in surrender; unconditional surrender
• 迫降 to force a plane to land ; to force to surrender
• 降凡 to descend to the human world
• 降价(降價) to lower the price
• 降职(降職) to demote (to a lower rank)
• 降雨量 precipitation; quantity of rainfall
• 降温费(降溫費) extra pay for hot weather
• 降阶(降階) descend stairs
• 降落跑道 runway

Also contained in

降祥

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Truncated for common words

• 卷二十八 志第十八 符瑞中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Auspicious Signs 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 146
• 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 88
• 大射 第七 7. The great archery meet (state level) The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 83
• 卷四十七 本紀第四十七 瀛國公 益王 衞王 Volume 47 Annals 47: Ying Guogong, Yiwang, Weiwang History of Song 宋史 — count: 68
• 卷八十四　志第三十四: 　選舉四 Volume 84 Treatises 37: Selection of Officials 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 67
• 卷八　本紀第八:　世祖五 Volume 8 Annals 8: Shizu 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 61
• 燕禮 第六 6. Banquet rites The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 53
• 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 52
• 卷二 　本紀第二:　太祖 Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizu History of Jin 金史 — count: 52
• 卷十八　　　　　志第八　　　　禮樂八 Volume 18 Treatises 8: Rites and Music 8 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 50

Collocations

• 天降 (天降) 天降滔德 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧蕩 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Dang — count: 16
• 降丧 (降喪) 降喪饑饉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧雨無正 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Yu Wu Zheng — count: 6
• 大降 (大降) 旻天大降喪于殷 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 多士 Zhou Shu - Numerous Officers — count: 5
• 降灾 (降災) 降災于夏 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang — count: 5
• 陟降 (陟降) 文王陟降 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧文王 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Wen Wang — count: 5
• 降威 (降威) 天曷不降威 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 西伯戡黎 Shang Shu - Chief of the west's Conquest of Li — count: 4
• 降娄 (降婁) 於是歲在降婁 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 匪降 (匪降) 匪降自天 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧十月之交 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Shi Yue Zhi Jiao — count: 3
• 降时 (降時) 祝降時喪 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓下 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration III — count: 3
• 齐人降 (齊人降) 齊人降鄣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 2