沉降

沉降

See also: 沈降

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender
simp. and trad. (沉降)		沉	降

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 沈(ちん)降(こう) (chinkō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénjiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ gong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chénjiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernjianq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénjiàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ t͡ɕjɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ gong³
    • Yale: chàhm gong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ gong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ gong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ kɔːŋ³³/

Verb

沉降

1. to sediment; to sink
2. to subside; to undergo subsidence

References

• Shi, Youwei (史有为), chief ed., 商务印书馆辞书研究中心, ed. (2019). Xinhua Wailaici Cidian (新华外来词词典). Beijing: The Commerical Press. →ISBN.