落波

Chinese

		to fall; to drop; to come down	wave; (Cantonese) ball
trad. (落波)		落	波
simp. #(落波)		落	波

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ bo¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ bo¹
    • Yale: lohk bō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ bo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ bo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² pɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

落⫽波 (verb-object)

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to have a typhoon warning signal cancelled
2. (Cantonese, automotive) to downshift

Synonyms

• (to downshift): 降擋／降挡 (jiàngdǎng)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to downshift”): 上波 (soeng⁵ bo¹)
• (antonym(s) of “to have a typhoon warning signal cancelled”): 掛波／挂波 (gwaa³ bo¹)

See also

• 風球／风球 (fēngqiú, “tropical cyclone warning signal”)