降級

Chinese

		to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender	level; grade; rank level; grade; rank; step
trad. (降級)		降	級
simp. (降级)		降	级

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàngjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gong³ kap¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kàng-kip / kàng-khip

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gang³ kib⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàngjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàngjí
    • Wade–Giles: chiang⁴-chi²
    • Yale: jyàng-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianqjyi
    • Palladius: цзянцзи (czjanczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gong³ kap¹
    • Yale: gong kāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gong³ kap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gong³ keb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³³ kʰɐp̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-kip
    • Tâi-lô: kàng-kip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karngkib
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kip̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kip̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kip̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kip̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàng-khip
    • Tâi-lô: kàng-khip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karngqib
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰip̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gang³ kib⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kàng khip
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʰip̚²/

Verb

降級

1. to reduce to a lower rank; to demote
2. to send (a student) to a lower grade
3. (computing) to downgrade

Synonyms

• (to demote):

• 左遷／左迁 (zuǒqiān) (literary)
• 落格 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 貶官／贬官 (biǎnguān) (an official)
• 貶斥／贬斥 (biǎnchì) (literary)
• 貶職／贬职 (biǎnzhí) (literary)
• 降職／降职 (jiàngzhí)
• 黜職／黜职 (Hokkien)