降调 (jiàng) — (linguistics/music) falling tone, falling intonation; (of rank or position) demotion, reduction in rank
Definition
A noun meaning a falling pitch in speech or music (e.g. Chinese 4th tone) or a demotion in rank or position.
noun
(linguistics/music) falling tonefalling intonation(of rank or position) demotionreduction in rank
Examples
- 降调。Hàn yǔ de dì sì shēng shì yí gè jiàng.The fourth tone in Chinese is a falling tone.
- 降调。Gōng sī xuān bù le tā de jiàng.The company announced his demotion.
- 降调，。Zuò qǔ jiā zài jié wěi chù shǐ yòng le jiàng, ràng yuè qǔ gèng shāng gǎn.The composer used a falling pitch at the end, making the piece sadder.
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