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  lok6 laai6   jyutping
  luo4 lao4 luo1 la4   pinyin
[] lok6 | [] 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

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

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

[] lok6 - Cantonese only | []
[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
Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: nounadjective
Stroke count: 13
Level: 1
Radical: (#140)

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

This word has been viewed 22535 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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detail  lok6 jyu5  luo4 yu3 = to rain; raining
detail  lok6 syut3   = snowing
detail  jat6 lok6  ri4 luo4 = sunset
detail  lok6 daai6 jyu5   = to rain heavily
detail  seoi2 lok6 sek6 ceot1  shui3 luo4 shi2 chu1 = the truth will eventually be known
detail  lok6 heoi3   = go down; down; carrying on
detail  lok6 tong4   = to finish class or school
detail  haa6 lok6  xia4 luo4 = whereabouts; to fall
detail  dit3 lok6  die1 luo4 = to fall; to fall down; to fall into
detail  lok6 dei6  luo4 di4 = something that sits on the floor
See all 183 compounds (CantoDict reports 186 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 25 examples containing 落
detail audio 冬天通常落雪
It is usually cold and snowing in winter.
detail audio 聖誕唔會落雪?
Do you think it will snow on Christmas Day?
detail audio 若果落雪雪人!
If it snows I will make a snowman!
detail 街燈照住黑暗角落
A really bright streetlight is illuminating a dark corner.
detail 真係無聊落去
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.]
detail audio 之後我哋大家出去雪人
After the snow stopped falling, we all went out to build a snowman.
detail 落去!
Drop a rope down there!
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detail audio , 何況而家
I won't go that far away; moreover, it's raining now.
detail audio 禁區有落
(Please) let me off before the no standing zone.
[said to minibus drivers]
detail 騎樓危危乎隨時都會跌落
The pots on the balcony seems unstable enough to fall off anytime.
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