升降

See also: 昇降

Chinese

		to raise; to hoist; to promote to raise; to hoist; to promote; pint	to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender
trad. (升降/昇降)		升/昇	降
simp. (升降)		升	降

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngjiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄐㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ gong³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seng-kàng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngjiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengjiàng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chiang⁴
    • Yale: shēng-jyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengjianq
    • Palladius: шэнцзян (šɛnczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹ gong³
    • Yale: sīng gong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ gong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ gong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-kàng
    • Tâi-lô: sing-kàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengkaxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ³³ kaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ²¹/

Verb

升降

1. to rise and fall; to go up and down
2. (literary) to promote or demote (in rank)

Derived terms

• 升降機 (shēngjiàngjī)
• 升降舵 (shēngjiàngduò)