降生

降生

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (降生)		降	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ sang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kong-sên
• Min Nan (POJ): kàng-sng / kàng-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiàngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqsheng
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong³ sang¹
    • Yale: gong sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³ seng¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kong-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: gong sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gong⁴ sen¹
    • IPA: /koŋ⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-sng
    • Tâi-lô: kàng-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karngsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-seng
    • Tâi-lô: kàng-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karngsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

降生

1. (archaic) to be born (especially of the founder of a religion, etc.)

Synonyms

• (literary or dialectal) 出世 (chūshì)