空降

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	to drop; to fall; to come down to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender
simp. and trad. (空降)		空	降

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kōngjiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥㄐㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ gong³
Min Nan (POJ): khong-kàng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: kōngjiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥㄐㄧㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kongjianq
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung¹ gong³
  - Yale: hūng gong
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ gong³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ gong³
  - IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khong-kàng
  - Tâi-lô: khong-kàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qongkaxng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ³³ kaŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kaŋ²¹/

Verb

空降

to drop from the sky; to be airborne
(figuratively) to show up at a place unexpectedly
(figuratively) to be appointed as the head (of a company, organisation etc.) despite having minimal relation with it previously

Derived terms

空降兵 (kōngjiàngbīng)

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