降升调 jiàngshēngdiào falling-rising tone Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 降 jiàng verb to fall to fall; to descend; to drop from a higher to a lower position升调 升調 shēngdiào rising intonation rising intonation or a rising tone in linguistics; a pattern where the pitch of the voice rises toward the end of a word or sentence