落水

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Chinese

to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind water; river
trad. (落水)
simp. #(落水)
anagram 水落

Pronunciation 1


Verb

落水

  1. (literary or dialectal) to fall into the water
  2. (dialectal, including Cantonese, Southern Min) to go into the water
  3. (dialectal, including Cantonese, Hakka, Gan, Wu) to rain
  4. (Southern Min) to load cargo onto a ship
  5. (figurative) to fall into a trap
  6. (figurative) to sink into depravity
  7. to soak cloth before making clothes
Synonyms
  • (to rain):
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Pronunciation 2


Verb

落水

  1. (Southern Min) to draw water for irrigation

Pronunciation 3

Verb

落水

  1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien Southern Min, of cloth) to shrink when soaked in water