降世

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (降世)		降	世
simp. ^#(降世)		降	世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiàngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ sai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kong-sṳ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kàng-sè / kàng-sì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngshìh
  - Wade–Giles: chiang⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: jyàng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqshyh
  - Palladius: цзянши (czjanši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    將士 / 将士
    降世
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gong³ sai³
  - Yale: gong sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong³ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ sɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kong-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong⁴ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-sè
  - Tâi-lô: kàng-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: karngsex
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ se²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ se²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ se¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-sì
  - Tâi-lô: kàng-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: karngsix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹/

Verb

降世

(especially of an important figure) to descend to earth; to be born

Synonyms

出世 (chūshì) (literary or dialectal)
出生 (chūshēng)
生人 (shēngrén) (of a person)
落地 (figurative)
誕生 / 诞生 (dànshēng) (of a person)
降生 (jiàngshēng) (especially of an important figure)