落語

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (落語)		落	語
simp. (落语)		落	语

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 落(らく)語(ご) (rakugo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòyǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-yü³
    • Yale: lwò-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohyeu
    • Palladius: лоюй (lojuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

落語

1. rakugo (Japanese comic storytelling)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
落	語
らく Grade: 3	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) らくご [ràkúgó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝɡo̞]

Noun

落(らく)語(ご) • (rakugo) 

1. rakugo (Japanese comic story telling)

See also

• 演芸場(えんげいじょう) (engeijō): a rakugo theatre
• 噺家(はなしか) (hanashika): a professional rakugo teller