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落

Mandarin · pinyin là#

to leave out
to be missing
to leave behind or forget to bring
to lag or fall behind

Mandarin · pinyin lào#

colloquial reading for 落 luò in certain compounds

Mandarin · pinyin luò#

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落: luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus

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4 · la4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

laai3 · laai6 · lok1 · lok6

Cantonese word readings for 落. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to fall; to drop
(intransitive) (to go to a lower place) — to go down; to descend; to set
(intransitive) (to go to a lower place) — to go down; to descend; to set — (Cantonese, Southern Min) to go down; to descend (of a person, animal, etc.)
(intransitive) (to go to a lower place) — to decline; to sink; to come down
(intransitive) (to go to a lower place) — to fall onto; to rest with (of responsibility, power, position, etc.)
(intransitive) (to go to a lower place) — (Cantonese, Southern Min, Wu) to get off; to alight; to exit; to disembark (a vehicle)
(intransitive) (to go to a lower place) — (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Southern Min, dialectal Wu) to finish; to complete (class or work)
(intransitive) (to go to a lower place) — (Cantonese) to go to a more lively and bustling area (especially downtown)
(intransitive) (to go to a lower place) — (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Mainland China Hokkien) to go to somewhere inferior or subordinate
(intransitive) (to go to a lower place) — (Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew) down [[[onto]]; to]
(transitive) (to move something to a lower place) — to lower; to let fall; to let down
(transitive) (to move something to a lower place) — (literary) to write down (with a pen)
(transitive) (to move something to a lower place) — (Cantonese, Southern Min) to add; to put in (into food, a mixture, etc.)
(transitive) (to move something to a lower place) — (Cantonese, Hokkien) to give or issue something to an inferior person
(transitive) (to move something to a lower place) — (Cantonese) to get into or to have put on something
(transitive) (to move something to a lower place) — (Cantonese) to abort (a fetus)
(transitive) (to move something to a lower place) — (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to fell; to lop; to cut down; to hew (trees)
(Cantonese) added after a verb to express a reassessment after doing or experiencing something for a certain period of time
to stop; to cease
to lag behind; to fall behind
to leave behind; to stay behind
place where one stays; whereabouts
settlement; place to gather together
small area; short part
to get; to receive; to have
(Eastern Min) Classifier for residences.
(Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) to fade (of color)
(Hokkien) Classifier for a row of houses.
(Hokkien) to omit; to leave out
(Hokkien) to disassemble; to dismantle
(Hokkien) to have diarrhea
(Hokkien) to leak (of water or gas)
(Hokkien) to coax out of somebody; to trick somebody into telling (of a secret, information, the truth, etc.)
(Hokkien) to fall off; to drop off (from somewhere)
(Hokkien) to lose; to misplace
(Mainland China Hokkien) to get along well
(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) loose; about to fall off (often reduplicated)
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) Classifier for events, deals, etc..
(Xiamen Hokkien) to divide into; to split up into
(Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to unload (cargo, etc.)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to show off one's skills in speaking (a certain language)
(Taiwanese Hokkien) to gather (one's own men) to help (used to gather a crowd for a fight)
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to shake a container to let something fall out
(Zhangzhou Hokkien, of wind) to blow
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to space out; to leave distances in between
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(colloquial) to leave out; to be missing; to omit
(colloquial) to leave behind; to forget to bring
(colloquial) to fall behind; to lag behind

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