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
trad. (降生)		降	生
simp. ^#(降生)		降	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiàngshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ sang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kong-sên
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kàng-seng / kàng-sng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngsheng
  - Wade–Giles: chiang⁴-shêng¹
  - Yale: jyàng-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqsheng
  - Palladius: цзяншэн (czjanšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gong³ sang¹
  - Yale: gong sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong³ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kong-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong sen^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong⁴ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-seng
  - Tâi-lô: kàng-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: karngsefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-sng
  - Tâi-lô: kàng-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: karngsngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sŋ̍³³/

Verb

降生

(especially of an important figure, such as a founder of a religion) 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)
降世 (jiàngshì) (especially of an important figure)

Korean

Hanja in this term
降	生

Noun

降生 • (gangsaeng) (hangeul 강생)

hanja form^? of 강생

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
降	生

Proper noun

降生

chữ Hán form of Giáng sinh (“Christmas”)

Verb

降生

chữ Hán form of giáng sinh (“to incarnate; to be born”)