墮落

See also: 堕落

Chinese

		degenerate; fall	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (墮落)		墮	落
simp. (堕落)		堕	落

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duòluò

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do⁶ lok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō͘-lo̍k / tō-lo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duòluò
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duòluò
    • Wade–Giles: to⁴-lo⁴
    • Yale: dwò-lwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duohluoh
    • Palladius: доло (dolo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do⁶ lok⁶
    • Yale: doh lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do⁶ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: do⁶ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː²² lɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tōo-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxlok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tō-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixlok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to²²⁻²¹ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to²²⁻²¹ lɔk̚¹²¹/

Verb

墮落

1. to degenerate; to sink low
2. (archaic) to fall; to drop; to come off

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with 墜落／坠落 (zhuìluò).

Synonyms

• (to degenerate): (figurative) 落水 (luòshuǐ)

Related terms

• 腐化 (fǔhuà)
• 蛻化／蜕化 (tuìhuà)

Korean

Hanja in this term
墮	落

Noun

墮落 • (tarak) (hangeul 타락)

1. Hanja form^? of 타락 (“corruption; depravity; degradation”).