空降

空降

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender
trad. (空降)		空	降
simp. #(空降)		空	降

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kōngjiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ gong³
• Min Nan (POJ): khong-kàng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kōngjiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kongjiàng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻung¹-chiang⁴
    • Yale: kūng-jyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongjianq
    • Palladius: кунцзян (kunczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕjɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ gong³
    • Yale: hūng gong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ gong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ gong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-kàng
    • Tâi-lô: khong-kàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qongkaxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³ kaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ²¹/

Verb

空降

1. to drop from the sky; to be airborne
2. (figurative) to show up at a place unexpectedly
3. (figurative) to be appointed as the head (of a company, organisation etc.) despite having minimal relation with it previously

Derived terms

空降兵 (kōngjiàngbīng)