落 (lok6 laai6 | luo4 le4 luo1 {lao4} {la4}) : to fall

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落

lok6 laai6

luo4 le4 luo1 {lao4} {la4}

[1] [v] fall; decline; wither; weakened; fallen
[2] [v] lose
[3] few and far-spaced; stand apart; loose and scattered
[4] [n] village; hamlet
[5] [v] put (pen to paper)
[6] [v] settle down
[7] [n] pile; heap

Commonly used in Cantonese as in 落雨 (raining)

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 1

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

落

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Aug 2009 11:11

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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

落去 lok6 heoi3 = go down; descend 粵

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
See all 157 compounds (CantoDict reports 160 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 22 examples containing 落

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!

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.

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

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