落木

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	tree; wood
trad. (落木)		落	木
simp. #(落木)		落	木

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ muk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòmù
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-mu⁴
    • Yale: lwò-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohmuh
    • Palladius: лому (lomu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 落幕 落木

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ muk⁶
    • Yale: lohk muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² mʊk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: lak muwk

Rime
Character	落	木
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	唐 (103)	東 (3)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	盧各切	莫卜切
Baxter	lak	muwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/	/muk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/	/muk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/	/muk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/	/məwk̚/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/	/muk̚/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/	/muk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/	/muk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò	mù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lok6	muk6

Noun

落木

1. (Classical, poetic) fallen leaves

   • 辭洞庭兮落木，去涔陽兮極浦。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     辞洞庭兮落木，去涔阳兮极浦。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 578, Yu Xin (庾信), The Lament for the South (《哀江南賦》)

     Cí Dòngtíng xī luòmù, qù Cényáng xī jípǔ. [Pinyin]

     By Dongting I bade farewell to the leaves that fell,
     and was torn away from the long shores of Cenyang.

   • 無邊落木蕭蕭下，不盡長江滾滾來。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     无边落木萧萧下，不尽长江滚滚来。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 767, Du Fu (杜甫), A Long Climb (《登高》). English translation by Witter Bynner.

     Wúbiān luòmù xiāoxiāo xià, bùjìn Chángjiāng gǔngǔn lái. [Pinyin]

     Leaves are dropping down like the spray of a waterfall,
     While I watch the long river always rolling on.