DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

隕落

简陨落 · 繁隕落

Mandarin · pinyin yǔn luò

to fall down
to decay
to fall from the sky
to die

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

隕: Look up this written character
落: luò · fall, drop; net income, surplus
陨: yǔn · fall, slip; let fall; die

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–4 · yun3 luo4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links1same-tone record

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

隕落 · find source passages ↗ · 陨落 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 2 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

wan5 lok6

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

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

verb

(of a meteorite, etc.) to fall from the sky; to fall from outer space
(euphemistic) to die; to pass away

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack