投降

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Chinese

to throw; to send
 
to drop; to fall; to come down
to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend; to surrender
trad. (投降)
simp. #(投降)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (7) (33)
Final () (137) (9)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I II
Fanqie
Baxter duw haewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dəu/ /ɦˠʌŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/dəu/ /ɦᵚɔŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/dəu/ /ɣɔŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dəw/ /ɦaɨwŋ/
Li
Rong
/du/ /ɣɔŋ/
Wang
Li
/dəu/ /ɣɔŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱə̯u/ /ɣɔŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tóu xiáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tau4 hong4

Verb

投降

  1. to surrender; to capitulate
  2. to submit; to give in; to yield

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of to submit):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 3
こう
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(とう)(こう) (tōkō

  1. surrender

Verb

(とう)(こう)する (tōkō suruintransitive suru (stem (とう)(こう) (tōkō shi), past (とう)(こう)した (tōkō shita))

  1. surrender

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

投降 (tuhang) (hangeul 투항)

  1. Hanja form? of 투항 (surrender).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

投降

  1. chữ Hán form of đầu hàng (to surrender).