降 jiàng
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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) -
jiàng
verb
to degrade
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '降' 1b, p. 201) -
jiàng
proper noun
Jiang [jupiter station]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In Chinese traditional astronomy (Kroll 2015 '降' 2, p. 202) -
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) -
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) -
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; ) -
jiàng
verb
to surrender
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '降' jiàng 5; Mathews 1931 '降', p. 88) -
jiàng
proper noun
Jiang
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (XHZD '降' 3) -
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) -
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
- 降级(降級) to demote; to downgrade
- 降调(降調) to demote and transfer ; falling tone
- 降凡 to descend to the human world
- 降咎 to send misfortune
- 招降 to call on the enemy to surrender
- 红细胞沉降率(紅細胞沉降率) erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
- 降雨量 precipitation; quantity of rainfall
- 归降(歸降) to surrender
- 降温(降溫) to become cooler; to lower the temperature; cooling; (of interest, activity etc) to decline
- 纳降(納降) to surrender; to accept defeat
- 降香 to burn incense and pray for rain ; lakawood
- 兵降 the troops surrendered
- 降水量 precipitation (meteorology); measured quantity of rain
- 缓降器(緩降器) cable reel and harness used to lower oneself to safety (e.g. from a building on fire)
- 降乩 for deities to descend to a spirit medium in a ritual
- 谪降(謫降) to demote
- 霜降 Shuangjing ; to frost
- 私约降(私約降) a secret agreement for surrender
- 降尘(降塵) dust fall; fallout (volcanic, nuclear etc); particulate matter
- 拱手投降 both hands up in surrender; unconditional surrender
- 自由降落 free fall
- 降祉 to send blessings
- 空降 airborne
- 降霜 to frost
- 递降(遞降) to go down by degrees; progressively decreasing
- 降祥 to send good fortune
- 降落地点(降落地點) landing site
- 沉降 to subside; to cave in
- 反空降 anti-aircraft defense
- 降温费(降溫費) extra pay for hot weather
- 降诏(降詔) publish the text of an imperial proclamation
- 降价(降價) to lower the price
- 降心 to lower expectations; to be condescending
- 降水 rain and snow; precipitation
- 势降(勢降) potential drop (elec.)
- 降生 to be born
- 降格 to downgrade; to lower the standard; degrading; humiliating
- 乞降 to request surrender
- 降附 to change allegiance
- 降压(降壓) to reduce the pressure (of a fluid); to lower one's blood pressure; to lower (or step down) the voltage
- 生物降解 biodegradation
- 夜幕降临(夜幕降臨) nightfall
- 诈降(詐降) feigned surrender
- 降伏 to subdue; to vanquish; to tame; to pacify ; someone who has surrendered
- 降低 to reduce; to lower; to bring down
- 降罚(降罰) to send down punishment
- 人工降雨 artificial rain
- 招降纳叛(招降納叛) to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters; to gather together a gang of villains
- 调降(調降) to lower (prices, interest rates etc); to reduce; to cut
- 圣神降临(聖神降臨) Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
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- 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
- 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
- 降灾 (降災) 降災于夏 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang — 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
- 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
- 郕降 (郕降) 郕降于齊師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — 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
- 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