降調 [－调]

Jyutping gong3 diu6
Pinyin jiàng diào

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. falling intonation (linguistics)
  2. to lower the key of a tune
  3. to demote
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to lower the key
  2. verb
    to transfer (someone) by moving them to a lower rank; to demote
  3. noun
    falling tone