落地

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (落地)		落	地
simp. #(落地)		落	地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòdì, làodì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ, ㄌㄠˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ dei⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-thi
• Eastern Min (BUC): lŏ̤h-*dê / lŏ̤h-dê
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-tē / lo̍k-tōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary, standard)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòdì
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: lwò-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohdih
    • Palladius: лоди (lodi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làodì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làodì
    • Wade–Giles: lao⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: làu-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lawdih
    • Palladius: лаоди (laodi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ dei⁶
    • Yale: lohk deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² tei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-thi
    • Hakka Romanization System: log ti
    • Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ ti⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lŏ̤h-*dê / lŏ̤h-dê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃oʔ⁵⁻²¹ tɛi²⁴²/, /l̃oʔ⁵⁻²¹ ^(t-)lɛi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-tē
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logde
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² te³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ te²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² te²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logdoe
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² tue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tue²²/

Verb

落地

1. to fall to the ground

   落地燈／落地灯  ―  luòdìdēng  ―  floor lamp

   心裡一塊石頭落了地。 [MSC, trad.]
   心里一块石头落了地。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xīnlǐ yī kuài shítou luò le dì. [Pinyin]

   That's a load off my mind. (lit. "a stone in my heart fell to the ground")

2. (of an airplane) to land

   落地簽證／落地签证  ―  luòdì qiānzhèng  ―  visa granted on arrival; landing visa

3. (figurative) to be born
4. (Min Dong, without consonant assimilation, of a fire) to be put out

Synonyms

• (to land): 著地／着地 (zhuódì), 著陸／着陆 (zhuólù)
• (to be born):

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• 出世 (chūshì) (literary or dialectal)
• 出生 (chūshēng)
• 生人 (shēngrén) (of a person)
• 誕生／诞生 (dànshēng) (of a person)
• 降世 (jiàngshì) (especially of an important figure)
• 降生 (jiàngshēng) (especially of an important figure)

 

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 落地

1. (Min Dong, with consonant assimilation) originally

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