HSK 6 · Society

投降 tóuxiáng “to surrender” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 投降 means

  1. to surrender

How to say 投降

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale投tóu2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale降xiáng2nd tone, rising

投降 in a sentence

  1. 我们投降。

    Wǒmen tóuxiáng.

    We surrender.

    Sentence #6064608 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 投降 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 投 (tóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
投tóuto throw
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 殳weapon · shūSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 殳 (shū) hints at the sound. Compare it with tóu.

The character 降 (jiàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
降xiángto surrender; to capitulate
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 夅to descend · jiàngSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 夅 (jiàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiáng.

How to write 投降

投 7 strokes · 降 8 strokes

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投降 (tóuxiáng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 投降 (tóuxiáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 投降

Words with 投

投入tóurù · to put in投资tóuzī · investment投掷tóuzhì · to throw投机tóujī · to speculate投票tóupiào · to vote投诉tóusù · to complain

Words with 降

降落jiàngluò · to descend降低jiàngdī · to reduce降临jiànglín · to arrive

More words: Society & Law

同志tóngzhì · comrade统治tǒngzhì · to rule投票tóupiào · to vote投诉tóusù · to complain团结tuánjié · to unite团体tuántǐ · group违背wéibèi · to go against伪造wěizào · to forge

FAQs

投降 (tóuxiáng) means “to surrender”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tóuxiáng: tóu with a 2nd tone, then xiáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 投降 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type touxiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 投降 from the suggestions. Typing touxiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
投降 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.