落話

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (落話)		落	話
simp. (落话)		落	话

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): làu-ōe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làu-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: làu-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lao'oe
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/

Verb

落話

1. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to have a slip of the tongue; to let slip an inadvertent remark
2. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to coax a secret from (or out of) someone; to trick someone into telling the truth

Synonyms

• (to have a slip of the tongue):

• 失口 (shīkǒu)
• 失言 (shīyán)
• 失語／失语 (shīyǔ) (literary)
• 漏喙 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 漏嘴 (lòuzuǐ)
• 漏話／漏话 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 脫喙／脱喙 (Hokkien)
• 落口 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 落喙 (Hokkien)
• 說漏嘴／说漏嘴 (shuō lòuzuǐ)
• 走嘴 (zǒuzuǐ)

 

• (to trick someone into telling the truth): 套話／套话 (tàohuà)