落來

See also: 落来

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	to come
trad. (落來)		落	來
simp. (落来)		落	来

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-lòi
• Eastern Min (BUC): lŏ̤h-lì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h--lâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): loh⁸ lai⁷

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: log loiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ loi̯¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lŏ̤h-lì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃oʔ⁵⁻³³ l̃i⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h--lâi
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h--lâi

Note:

• 落 is in the citation tone and 來 is toneless when 落來 is used as the main verb at the end of a phrase;
• both 落 and 來 are toneless when 落來 is a complement after a verb at the end of a phrase;
• both 落 and 來 undergo tone sandhi when 落來 is not at the end of a phrase.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: loh⁸ lai⁷
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍h lāi
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʔ⁴⁻² lai¹¹/

Verb

落來

1. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) to come down
2. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) down (towards oneself; used as a complement to a verb and placed after it)

   提落來／提落来 [Hokkien]  ―  the̍h--lo̍h-lâi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to get something down towards oneself

3. (Hakka) to come in; to enter (towards oneself)

Synonyms

• (to come down, down): 下來／下来 (xiàlái), (Cantonese) 落嚟
• (to come in): 進來／进来 (jìnlái); (literary, Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien) 入來／入来 (rùlái)

Conjunction

落來

1. (Singapore Hokkien) then; next; after that

Synonyms

• 接下來／接下来 (jiē xiàlai)

References

• “Entry #9942”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.