落船

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	a boat; vessel; ship
trad. (落船)		落	船
simp. #(落船)		落	船

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòchuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ syun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-chûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòchuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòchuán
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-chʻuan²
    • Yale: lwò-chwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohchwan
    • Palladius: лочуань (ločuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ syun⁴
    • Yale: lohk syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ xun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² syːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-chûn
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-tsûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqzuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sun²³/

Verb

落⫽船 (verb-object)

1. (dialectal, including Southern Min) to disembark; to get off a ship
2. (Cantonese, Southern Min) to embark; to get on a ship
   • 1877, Donald Bruce, “Lesson 44”, in Easy Phrases in the Canton Dialect of the Chinese Language, 2nd edition, San Francisco: Bruce's Printing House:

     你幾時落船／你几时落船 [Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ gei² si⁴ lok⁶ syun⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  When do you go on board?

   • 1899, 馬可福音：中西字 [The Gospel according to St. Mark in English and Cantonese], Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 29:

     耶穌就催門生落船、先過個便岸、到伯賽大、等待自己散嘵衆人。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     耶稣就催门生落船、先过个便岸、到伯赛大、等待自己散哓众人。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     je⁴ sou¹ zau⁶ ceoi¹ mun⁴ sang¹ lok⁶ syun⁴, sin¹ gwo³ go³ bin⁶ ngon⁶, dou³ baak³ coi³ daai⁶, dang² doi⁶ zi⁶ gei² saan³ hiu¹ zung³ jan⁴. [Jyutping]

     And straightaway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.

3. (Mainland China Hokkien) to load cargo onto a ship

Synonyms

• (to disembark): 下船 (xiàchuán)
• (to embark): 上船 (shàngchuán); (dialectal) 下船 (xiàchuán)
• (to load cargo): 上貨／上货 (shànghuò); (Hokkien) 落貨／落货, 落水