落 (lok6 laai6 | luo4 lao4 luo1 la4) : to fall

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落

lok6 laai6

luo4 lao4 luo1 la4

[粵] lok6 | [國] luo4 lao4
[1] [v] fall; drop; decline
[2] [v] descend; go down; let fall
[3] [v] settle down; cease; finish
[4] [v] get; have; receive
[5] [v] lag behind; fall behind
[6] [n] settlement; village; tribe

[粵] lok6 | [國] luo1
[adj] natural and poised

[粵] laai6 | [國] la4
[1] [v] leave behind; forget to bring
[2] [v] leave out; be missing; lose

[粵] lok6 - Cantonese only | [國] 下
[v] deliver; put in; apply

(1) For Jyutping laai6, see the thread [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]
(2) Pinyin lao4 is a variant reading for the first 4 definitions of luo4

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Stroke count: 13

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Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

落

This word has been viewed 22639 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th May 2013 05:55

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落雨 lok6 jyu5 luo4 yu3 = to rain; raining 粵

落雪 lok6 syut3 = snowing 粵

日落 jat6 lok6 ri4 luo4 = sunset

落大雨 lok6 daai6 jyu5 = to rain heavily

水落石出 seoi2 lok6 sek6 ceot1 shui3 luo4 shi2 chu1 = the truth will eventually be known

落去 lok6 heoi3 = go down; down; carrying on 粵

落堂 lok6 tong4 = to finish class or school 粵

下落 haa6 lok6 xia4 luo4 = whereabouts; to fall

跌落 dit3 lok6 die1 luo4 = to fall; to fall down; to fall into

落地 lok6 dei6 luo4 di4 = something that sits on the floor

失落 sat1 lok6 shi1 luo4 = to lose; to drop; to feel a sense of loss

落入 lok6 jap6 = drop into; fall into

回落 wui4 lok6 hui2 luo4 = fall after a rise

落種 lok6 zung2 = seed

上落 soeng5 lok6 = get on or off a vehicle

落啲 lok6 di1 = further down 粵

落嚟 lok6 lai4 = to come down 粵

返落嚟 faan1 lok6 lai4 = to come back down here 粵

落車 lok6 ce1 = to get off, get out (a bus, train, car, etc...) 粵

落樓下 lok6 lau4 haa6 = go downstairs

有落 jau5 lok6 = said when one desires to get off a minibus 粵

落水 lok6 seoi2 luo4 shui3 = to fall into water

落街 lok6 gaai1 luo4 jie1 = go out; go shopping 粵

落柯打 lok6 o1 daa2 = place an order 粵

幫唔落 bong1 m4 lok6 bang1 wu2 luo4 = unable to help 粵

角落頭 gok3 lok6*1 tau4*2 = corner 粵

跌落地揦返拃沙 dit3 lok6 dei6 laa2 faan1 zaa6 saa1 die1 luo4 di4 la2 fan3 zhan3 sha1 = to salvage one's pride; to save face 粵

墮落 do6 lok6 duo4 luo4 = degenerate

角落 gok3 lok6*1 jiao3 luo4 = corner

降落 gong3 lok6 jiang4 luo4 = to descend; to go down; to come down; to land

降落傘 gong3 lok6 saan3 jiang4 luo4 san3 = parachute

脫落 tyut3 lok6 tuo1 luo4 = to drop; to drop off; to come off; to shed; to let go

落到 lok6 dou3*2 = befallen, befell

村落 cyun1 lok6 = a small town

落實 lok6 sat6 luo4 shi2 = implement; ascertain; workable

落後 lok6 hau6 luo4 hou4 = behind, lagging

落成 lok6 sing4 luo4 cheng2 = to complete a construction project

滑落 waat6 lok6 hua2 luo4 = slide

落淚 lok6 leoi6 luo4 lei4 = lachrymosity, shed tears

掉落 diu6 lok6 diao4 luo4 = to flop down

落井下石 lok6 zeng2 haa6 sek6 = hit a person when he is down; a "cheap shot"

落網 lok6 mong5 luo4 wang3 = to be captured

數落 sou2 lok6 = rebuke; reprove

落班 lok6 baan1 = finish work 粵

落肥 lok6 fei4 = fertilize; muck

落敗 lok6 baai6 = fail

七零八落 cat1 ling4 baat3 lok6 qi1 ling2 ba1 luo4 = scattered here and there; in disorder

落晒形 lok6 saai3 jing4 = dispirit

落降頭 lok6 gong3 tau4 = cast a spell on

熟落 suk6 lok6 shu2 luo4 = very familiar with 粵

返落去 faan1 lok6 heoi3 = to go back down there

跌倒落地 dit3 dou2 lok6 dei6 = fell or to have fallen on

跌倒落 dit3 dou2 lok6 = fell or to have fallen on

跳上跳落 tiu3 soeng5 tiu3 lok6 = to jump up and down

部落格 bou6 lok6 gaak3 bu4 luo4 ge2 = blog

部落 bou6 lok6 bu4 luo4 = an aboriginal tribe; blog (as a loanword)

不見棺材不落淚 bat1 gin3 gun1 coi4 bat1 lok6 leoi6 bu4 jian4 guan1 cai2 bu4 luo4 lei4 = not shed a tear until one sees the coffin - refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality 國

降落地點 gong3 lok6 dei6 dim2 jiang4 luo4 di4 dian3 = landing site

安家落戶 on1 gaa1 lok6 wu6 an1 jia1 luo4 hu4 = make one's home in a place; settle

掉落地 diu6 lok6 dei6 diao4 luo4 di4 = to throw/drop to the ground

部落的 bou6 lok6 dik1 bu4 luo4 de5 = [adj] tribal 國

部落社會 bou6 lok6 se5 wui6*2 bu4 luo4 she4 hui4 = [n] tribal society

落機 lok6 gei1 = to disembark (e.g., a plane)

落力 lok6 lik6 = to work hard; exert strength 粵

零星落索 ling4 sing1 lok6 sok3 = scattered here and there; in disorder 粵

落手落腳 lok6 sau2 lok6 goek3 luo4 shou3 luo4 jiao3 = get one's hands dirty; put one's hands and feet to work; to take action 粵

印第安部落 jan3 dai6 on1 bou6 lok6 yin4 di4 an1 bu4 luo4 = an Indian tribe

段落 dyun6 lok6 = a paragraph; a section; a phase; a stage

落葬 lok6 zong3 luo4 zang4 = to bury a corpse at a funeral

着落 zoek6 lok6 zhuo2 luo4 = whereabouts; assured source

落袋 lok6 doi6*2 = pocket (as in billards)

落地生根 lok6 dei6 saang1 gan1 = to settle down

金降落傘 gam1 gong3 lok6 saan3 jin1 jiang4 luo4 san3 = golden parachute (in business)

落花 lok6 faa1 = a fallen blossom

落狗屎 lok6 gau2 si2 = it's raining cats and dogs 粵

瞓落床 fan3 lok6 cong4 = lie down on bed 粵

嗒落有味 daap1 lok6 jau5 mei6 = the significance becomes clear after thinking about it 粵

墮落雞 do6 lok6 gai1 = a wanton woman (lit., "decadent chicken")

下落不明 haa6 lok6 bat1 ming4 xia4 luo4 bu4 ming2 = unaccounted; unknown whereabouts (common formation)

聖經段落 sing3 ging1 dyun6 lok6 sheng4 jing1 duan4 luo4 = Bible passage (common formation)

落臺 lok6 toi4 = to come to an end

落胎 lok6 toi1 = to abort a pregnancy

落地金牛 lok6 dei6 gam1 ngau4 = Ardisia primulifolia

落地窗 lok6 dei6 coeng1 = French window (common formation)

靜落嚟 zing6 lok6 lei4 = to calm down 粵

俐落 lei6 lok6 = well-executed

落花有意,流水無情 lok6 faa1 jau5 ji3, lau4 seoi2 mou4 cing4 luo4 hua1 you3 yi4, liu2 shui3 wu2 qing2 = unrequited love

落花流水 lok6 faa1 lau4 seoi2 luo4 hua1 liu2 shui3 = like fallen flowers carried away by the flowing water; utterly routed

落第 lok6 dai6 luo4 di4 = fail in exam

飲得杯落 jam2 dak1 bui1 lok6 = used to express that it's time for a stiff drink after a crisis is over

落訂 lok6 deng6 = pay a deposit 粵

落船 lok6 syun4 = to disembark from a ship, to go ashore 粵

落閘放狗 lok6 zaap6 fong3 gau2 = not going to let you go 粵

塞錢落你袋 sak1 cin4*2 lok6 nei5 doi6*2 = teach you life experience

吊落嚟 diu3 lok6 lei4 = to hang down 粵

落案 lok6 on3 = [v] lay a charge against

水落管 seoi2 lok6 gun2 shui3 luo4 guan3 = a downpipe

落馬 lok6 maa5 luo4 ma3 = fall from fame (lit., "falls from the horse")

寫落去 se2 lok6 heoi3 = to keep writing 粵

落到底 lok6 dou3 dai2 = to the bottom 粵

闊落 fut3 lok6 = spacious 粵

落雨收柴 lok6 jyu5 sau1 caai4 = hasty; hurriedly 粵

落寞 lok6 mok6 luo4 mo4 = desolate

落枕 lok6 zam2 lao4 zhen3 = stiff neck caused by cold or an awkward sleeping posture

落地還錢 lok6 dei6 waan4 cin4*2 = ask for the highest price first, and give in a little bit later

淪落 leon4 lok6 lun2 luo4 = fall low; come down in the world; be reduced to poverty

丟三落四 diu1 saam1 lok6 sei3 diu1 san1 la4 si4 = absentminded; forgetful

墜落 zeoi6 lok6 zhui4 luo4 = to fall; to drop

凹落去 nap1 lok6 heoi3 = hollow; sunken; depressed; sunk; to cave in 粵

沉魚落雁 cam4 jyu4*2 lok6 ngaan6 chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4 = unequalled beauty

落D lok6 di1 = go to disco 粵

話落 waa6 lok6 = to tell; to instruct 粵

跟住落嚟 gan1 zyu6 lok6 lei4 = to be continued; continuation follows 粵

天跌落嚟當被冚 tin1 dit3 lok6 lei4 dong3 pei5 kam2 = don’t worry too much 粵

落湯鷄 lok6 tong1 gai1 = soaked through; completely drenched 粵

奚落 hai4 lok6 xi1 luo4 = ridicule; jeer

冷落 laang5 lok6 leng3 luo4 = unfrequented, desolate; treat coldly, cold-shoulder, indifference

啱啱落地 ngaam1 ngaam1 lok6 dei6 = just arrival; new arrival products 粵

剩落 zing6 lok6 = leftover, remainder, surplus 粵

落鄉 lok6 hoeng1 = to go to the countryside 粵

落來 lok6 lai4 = to come down; to descend 粵

落手 lok6 sau2 = start, put one's hand to, set about 粵

落手打三更 lok6 sau2 daa2 saam1 gang1 = making a terrible mistake from the start

落雨絲濕 lok6 jyu5 si1 sap1 = rain, drizzle, showers 粵

落筆打三更 lok6 bat1 daa2 saam1 gaang1 = to blunder at the very start 粵

諗落 nam2 lok6 = after careful consideration 粵

低落 dai1 lok6 di1 luo4 = downcast, low, low-spirited

剝落 mok1 lok6 bo1 luo4 = to peel off; to flake

落髮 lok6 faat3 = tonsure, shave one's head to be a monk or nun

受落 sau6 lok6 = welcome, receive, accept 粵

落定 lok6 deng6 = to pay a deposit 粵

落地喊三聲好醜命生成 lok6 dei6 haam3 saam3 seng1 hou2 cau2 ming4 sang1 sing4 = one's life is fated and pre-destined 粵

樹搖葉落人搖福薄 syu6 jiu4 jip6 lok6 jan4 jiu4 fuk1 bok6 shu4 yao2 ye4 luo4 ren2 yao2 fu2 bo2 = a saying that discourages one from swaying or shaking one's legs 粵

落雨擔遮―死擋 lok6 jyu5 daam1 ze1 sei2 dong2 = a very good friend 粵

落足心機 lok6 zuk1 sam1 gei1 = put your heart and soul 粵

落足 lok6 zuk1 = put in all money, efforts etc 粵

落鞋油 lok6 haai4 yau4*2 luo4 xie2 you2 = butter someone up; flatter; fawn 粵

讕熟落 laan2 suk6 lok6 lan2 shu2 / shou2 luo4 = act as if one know's someone really well 粵

落吧 lok6 baa1 luo4 ba1 = patronize a bar, visit a bar 粵

落嘴頭 lok6 zeoi2 tau4 luo4 zui3 tou2 = either try to persuade or fawn on sb. 粵

落伍 lok6 ng5 lou4 wu3 = fall behind; drop out

食得落 sik6 dak1 lok6 = feel like eating 粵

拖落水 to1 lok6 seoi2 = drag into the mire 粵

大起大落 daai6 hei2 daai6 lok6 da4 qi3 da4 luo4 = big up's and down's

落畫 lok6 waa6*2 luo4 hua4 = for the term in which a movie plays at a cinema to be over 粵

落妝 lok6 zong1 luo4 zhuang1 = remove makeup 粵

自甘墮落 zi6 gam1 do6 lok6 zi4 gan1 duo4 luo4 = wallow in degeneration; abandon oneself to vice

落本 lok6 bun2 luo4 ben3 = have to spend a lot of money (capital) on 粵

落更 lok6 gaang1 luo4 geng1 = get off shift 粵

睇落 tai2 lok6 = come across as; seem; appear 粵

落台 lok6 toi4 = step down 粵

落戶 lok6 wu6 luo4 hu4 = settle down

失魂落魄 sat1 wan4 lok6 paak3 shi1 hun2 luo4 po4 = be petrified; panicky; panic-stricken

落選 lok6 syun2 luo4 xuan3 = fail to be elected or chosen (in an election or competition)

流落 lau4 lok6 liu2 luo4 = wander all over penniless

破落 po3 lok6 po4 luo4 = broken down; be in decline

趕落台 gon2 lok6 toi4 gan3 luo4 tai2 = force someone to step down (in politics, business etc.) 粵

落棚牙 lok1 paang4 ngaa4 = take the wind out of somebody's sails 粵

落場 lok6 coeng4 = leave, end, conclude 粵

直落 zik6 lok6 = to have a full evening out on the town 粵

背脊骨落 bui3 zek3 gwat1 lok6 = finding sth hard to swallow or being given a hard time 粵

還得神落 waan4 dak1 san4 lok6 huan2 de2 shen2 luo4 = thank God (after problem avoided) 粵

落D lok6 di1 luo4 di1 = go nightclubbing; go discoing 粵

人頭落地 jan4 tau4 lok6 dei6 ren2 tou2 luo4 di4 = be decapitated; heads will roll

落空 lok6 hung1 luo4 kong1 = come to nothing; fall through; fail

光明磊落 gwong1 ming4 leoi5 lok6 guang1 ming2 lei3 luo4 = fair and square; open and aboveboard

落荒而逃 lok6 fong1 ji4 tou4 luo4 huang1 er2 tao2 = take to flight; flee in panic

情緒低落 cing4 seoi5 dai1 lok6 qing2 xu4 di1 luo4 = in low spirits; down in spirits

滾落 gwan2 lok6 gun3 luo4 = tumble.

垂直起落飛機 seoi4 zik6 hei2 lok6 fei1 gei1 chui2 zhi2 qi3 luo4 fei1 ji1 = VTOL aircraft

馬死落地行 maa5 sei2 lok6 dei6 haang4 = keep going on in the face of adversity

放射性落下灰 fong3 se6 sing3 lok6 haa6 /haa6*2 fui1 fang4 she4 xing4 luo4 xia4 hui1 = radioactive fallout

日落大道 jat6 lok6 daai6 dou6 = Sunset Boulevard

不落窠臼 bat1 lok6 wo1 kau5 bu4 luo4 ke1 jiu4 = not follow the beaten track 國

沉魚落雁，閉月羞花 cam4 jyu4*2 lok6 ngaan6 bai3 jyut6 sau1 faa1 chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4 bi4 yue4 xiu1 hua1 = (of feminine beauty) makes fish sink and birds alight, the moon fades and flowers close

落馬洲 lok6 maa5 zau1 luo4 ma3 zhou1 = Lok Ma Chau

落疊 lok6 daap6 luo4 die2 = get involved; agree to a deal 粵

名落孫山 ming4 lok6 syun1 saan1 ming2 luo4 sun1 shan1 = fail in exam

塵埃落定 can4 oi1 lok6 ding6 chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4 = when the dust has settled

氹落疊 tam3 lok6 daap6 = lure sb to buy into sth that's a fraud 粵

落草為寇 lok6 cou2 wai4 kau3 luo4 cao3 wei2 kou4 = to become an outlaw

落差 lok6 caa1 luo4 cha1 = disparity

從輕發落 cung4 hing1 faat3 lok6 cong2 qing1 fa1 luo4 = mete out punishment with leniency

抌錢落鹹水海 dam2 cin4*2 lok6 haam4 seoi2 hoi2 = flush money down the toilet; pour money down the drain 粵

起落架 hei2 lok6 gaa2 qi3 luo4 jia4 = undercarriage; landing gear

上刀山落油鑊 = go through hell or high water 粵

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冬天通常又凍又落雪。粵
It is usually cold and snowing in winter.

你估聖誕日會唔會落雪吖? 粵
Do you think it will snow on Christmas Day?

若果落雪，我會砌個雪人! 粵
If it snows I will make a snowman!

一盞好光嘅街燈﹐照住黑暗嘅角落。粵
A really bright streetlight is illuminating a dark corner.

真係無聊，我唔想玩落去啦！粵
You're being ridiculous, I don't want to mess around any more.
[Lit. really nonsense, I not want play-continue [particle]. 落去 has the meaning of "continue" here and may be suffixed to many verbs.]

落完雪之後，我哋大家出去砌雪人。粵
After the snow stopped falling, we all went out to build a snowman.

髧條繩落去! 粵
Drop a rope down there!
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咁遠我唔去囉, 何況而家落緊雨粵
I won't go that far away; moreover, it's raining now.

禁區前有落。粵
(Please) let me off before the no standing zone.
[said to minibus drivers]

騎樓嘅花盆危危乎，隨時都會跌落去噉粵
The pots on the balcony seems unstable enough to fall off anytime.

隻杯放到咁𠍁，因住𢱕落嚟。粵
The cup is placed so close to the edge, be careful or it might just fall off.

唔該，街口有落！粵
Excuse me, I want to get off at the intersection!
[said to minibus drivers]

溝啲水落去就唔會咁掯喉嘞粵
Add some water into it and it wouldn't taste so overpowering.

佢沊一聲跌咗落水粵
He fell into the water with a splash.

你似乎過份啲噃，喺咁多人面前噉奚落佢粵
You have gone too far, to ridicule her in front of so many people.

噉做會棒打鴛鴦，我做唔落。粵
Doing this would break the couple apart. I cannot bear to do it.

當日天陰陰，落雨絲濕噉，一出門口我都經已有不祥嘅預感粵
That day the weather was overcast and about to rain. I had a very bad feeling as I stepped out my house.

小小心意你咪受落啲禮物囉唔好抰嚟抰去粵
It is a small token of appreciation, just accept the simple gift instead of pushing it back and forth.

我地一定會將呢件事查到水落石出。粵
we must investigate this incident till the truth comes out.
[[also]查個水落石出 ]

落啲薑蔥就可以辟走陣魚腥味。粵
Drop in some ginger and scallion , can get rid of the fishy smell.

跟住落嚟，受害者… 粵
Carrying on, the victims...

張櫈咁濕，咪𠱂落去。粵
Don't rashly sit on the chair; it's so wet.

呢件事睇起嚟好困難﹐但係做落去好容易。粵
This task seems quite difficult, but doing it is really easy.
[Aspect markers 起嚟 and 落去 function rather like antonyms, originally meaning "starting to" and "carrying on" respectively. ]

四月尾忽然間落場大雪，真係「未食五月粽，寒衣唔入籠」！粵
It suddenly snowed during the end of April. "Until it's time to eat Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, don't put away your warm clothes," as they say!
[未食五月粽寒衣唔入籠 is a Cantonese saying. There are variations used by Mandarin and other dialects.]

再係噉落去, 會輸晒啲錢架粵
If you keep going on like this, you would lose all your money.

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