投降 tóuxiáng

HSK level

Traditional form

投降 tóuxiáng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

投 tóu

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 shǒu represents the meaning and 殳 shū represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

殳 shū

Semantic compound

扌 shǒu

Positional decomposition

⿰扌殳

Number of Strokes

降 jiàng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Depicts two feet (止 zhǐ ) descending down a hill (阝 yì ).

Phonetic compound

夅 jiàng

Semantic compound

阝 yì

Positional decomposition

⿰阝夅

Number of Strokes

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围攻 wéi gōng 者 zhě 使 shǐ 守军 shǒu jūn 饿 è 得 dé 只好 zhǐhǎo 投降 tóuxiáng .

The besiegers hungered the garrison into surrender.

他们 tā men 使 shǐ 敌人 dírén 饿 è 得 dé 投降 tóuxiáng 了 le .

They starved the enemy into surrender ( ing ).

他们 tā men 的 de 领导人 lǐng dǎo rén 除 chú 投降 tóuxiáng 外 wài ,别 Bié 无 wú 它法.

Their leader had no alternative but to submit.

胜方要求 yāoqiú 敌人 dírén 无条件 wú tiáo jiàn 投降 tóuxiáng .

The victorious army demanded unconditional surrender.

看 kān 上 shǎng 帝 dì 的 de 分上, 汤姆 Tāng mǔ ·史密斯 Shǐ mì sī , 马上 mǎshàng 放下 fàng xià 枪械 qiāng xiè 投降 tóuxiáng 吧 bā .

For God'd sake, Tom smith, throw down your arms.

See the 7 Chinese characters that make up 投降 tóuxiáng and their own compounds.

投 tóu

殳 shū

又 yòu , 几 jī

扌 shǒu

降 jiàng

夅 jiàng

于 Yú

二 èr , 亅 jué

夂 zhǐ

阝 yì

See all Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 投降 tóuxiáng in their composition.

投 tóu

降 jiàng

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