落落

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (落落)		落	落
simp. #(落落)		落	落

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòluò

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ lok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-lo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòluò
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòluò
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-lo⁴
    • Yale: lwò-lwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohluoh
    • Palladius: лоло (lolo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ lok⁶
    • Yale: lohk lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² lɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loglok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: lak lak

Rime
Character	落
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧各切
Baxter	lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lok6

Adjective

落落

1. (literary, ideophonic) tall; lofty
2. (literary, ideophonic) few; sporadic; scattered
3. (ideophonic) open and upright; natural and poised
4. (ideophonic) aloof; stand-offish

Derived terms

• 光落落
• 冷冷落落
• 大大落落
• 大落落
• 寞寞落落
• 搖搖落落／摇摇落落
• 散散落落
• 星星落落
• 歷歷落落／历历落落
• 直直落落
• 磊磊落落 (lěilěiluòluò)
• 礌礌落落
• 稀稀落落 (xīxīluòluò)
• 空空落落
• 空落落
• 落落之譽／落落之誉
• 落落大方 (luòluòdàfāng)
• 落落寡交
• 落落寡合
• 落落寡歡／落落寡欢
• 落落托托
• 落落晨星
• 落落穆穆
• 落落跎跎
• 落落酡酡
• 落落陀陀
• 落落難合／落落难合
• 落落零零
• 逗逗落落
• 重重落落
• 陰落落／阴落落
• 零零落落
• 靜落落／静落落

 

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): làu-làu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làu-làu
    • Tâi-lô: làu-làu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laolaux
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau¹¹⁻⁵³ lau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau²¹⁻⁴¹ lau²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau²¹⁻⁵³ lau²¹/

Adjective

落落

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) loose; about to fall off

Descendants

• → Tagalog: lawlaw

Pronunciation 3

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lak-lo̍h / lak--lo̍h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lak-lo̍h
    • Tâi-lô: lak-lo̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lakloih
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ loʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚³²⁻⁵ loʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ lɤʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lak̚⁵⁻²⁴ loʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lak--lo̍h
    • Tâi-lô: lak--lo̍h

Verb

落落

1. (Hokkien) to fall; to fall off
2. (Hokkien) to lose; to misplace (due to forgetting)

Synonyms

• (to fall off): 掉下 (diàoxià)

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• 丟失／丢失 (diūshī)
• 丟掉／丢掉 (diūdiào)
• 亡
• 失去 (shīqù)
• 失落 (shīluò)
• 拍交落 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 拍毋見／拍毋见 (Hokkien)
• 拍無／拍无 (Hokkien, Eastern Min)
• 拍無去／拍无去 (Hokkien, Eastern Min)
• 拍逿／拍𰺲 (páh-dâung) (Eastern Min)
• 拍逿去／拍𰺲去 (páh-dâung kó̤^→ó̤) (Eastern Min)
• 紡見／纺见 (Hokkien)
• 遺失／遗失 (yíshī)
• 遺落／遗落 (yíluò)