下落

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (下落)		下	落
simp. #(下落)		下	落
anagram		落下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàluò

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ lok⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ha-lo̍k

  (Hailu, HRS): ha^˖ log^ˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hě-lo̍h / hē-lo̍h / hēe-lo̍h / hǎ-lo̍k / hā-lo̍k / hēe-lo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàluò → xiàluo (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ → ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄌㄨㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàluo̊
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-lo⁵
    • Yale: syà-lwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah.luoh
    • Palladius: сяло (sjalo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/ → /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ lu̯ɔ¹/

Note: Toneless - the sense “whereabouts”.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ lok⁶
    • Yale: hah lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² lɔːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha-lo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: ha log
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ha⁴ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ha⁵⁵ lok̚⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ha^˖ log^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /ha³³ lok²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hě-lo̍h
    • Tâi-lô: hě-lo̍h
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /he²² loʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē-lo̍h
    • Tâi-lô: hē-lo̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hexloih
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /he³³⁻¹¹ loʔ⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /he³³⁻²¹ lɤʔ⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /he²²⁻²¹ loʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-lo̍h
    • Tâi-lô: hēe-lo̍h
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ loʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hǎ-lo̍k
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² lɔk̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hā-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxlok
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ lɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hēe-lo̍k
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ lɔk̚¹²¹/

Verb

下落

1. to fall; to drop in altitude

Derived terms

• 自由下落

Noun

下落

1. whereabouts

Synonyms

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• 下項 / 下项 (Hokkien)
• 去向 (qùxiàng)
• 去處 / 去处 (qùchù)
• 所向 (suǒxiàng) (literary)
• 所在 (suǒzài)
• 著落 / 着落
• 行止 (xíngzhǐ) (literary)
• 行蹤 / 行踪 (xíngzōng)

Derived terms

• 下落不明 (xiàluòbùmíng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
下	落
げ Grade: 1	らく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げらく [gèrákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡe̞ɾa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

下(げ)落(らく) • (geraku) 

1. fall, decline, drop
2. (stock market) fall in stock prices, decline of a stock

Synonyms

• 低下(ていか) (teika)

Antonyms

• 騰貴(とうき) (tōki, “rise”)

Verb

下(げ)落(らく)する • (geraku suru) suru (stem 下(げ)落(らく)し (geraku shi), past 下(げ)落(らく)した (geraku shita))

1. fall, decline, drop
2. (stock market) fall in stock prices, decline of a stock

   ユーロが下落(げらく)した。

   Yūro ga geraku shita.

   The euro dropped.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "下落する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	下落し	げらくし	geraku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	下落し	げらくし	geraku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	下落する	げらくする	geraku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	下落する	げらくする	geraku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	下落すれ	げらくすれ	geraku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	下落せよ¹ 下落しろ²	げらくせよ¹ げらくしろ²	geraku seyo¹ geraku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	下落される	げらくされる	geraku sareru
Causative	下落させる 下落さす	げらくさせる げらくさす	geraku saseru geraku sasu
Potential	下落できる	げらくできる	geraku dekiru
Volitional	下落しよう	げらくしよう	geraku shiyō
Negative	下落しない	げらくしない	geraku shinai
Negative continuative	下落せず	げらくせず	geraku sezu
Formal	下落します	げらくします	geraku shimasu
Perfective	下落した	げらくした	geraku shita
Conjunctive	下落して	げらくして	geraku shite
Hypothetical conditional	下落すれば	げらくすれば	geraku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• 低下(ていか)する (teika suru)

References

• “下落”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026