落身

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (落身)		落	身
simp. #(落身)		落	身

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-sin

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-sin
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqsyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

落身

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to give birth prematurely; to undergo preterm labour

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 早產 (“to give birth prematurely; to undergo preterm labour”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		早產
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	早產
Cantonese	Hong Kong	早產
Southern Min	Xiamen	早產
	Zhangzhou	落身
	Tainan	早產, 無夠月 GT
Wu	Shanghai	早產
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)