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

Level: 1

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

落

This word has been viewed 22585 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
See all 183 compounds (CantoDict reports 186 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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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