跌 (dit3 tit3 | die1) : stumble; slip; fall

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跌

dit3 tit3

die1

[1] [v] stumble; slip; fall down; fall; drop
[2] [v] stamp
[3] [n] fall

Note: 跌 is pronounced [dit3] except in compounds containing 跌打 [tit3 daa2].
Further explanation: For quite a long period 跌 had both a literary pronunciation [dit3] and colloquial pronunciation [tit3], but the old colloquial pronunciation [tit3] is now obsolete, save for the case of 跌打 where [tit3] is retained.

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: (#157)

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

跌

This word has been viewed 10709 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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跌親 dit3 can1 = fall down; fall forward; fall on one's face

跌倒 dit3 dou2 = fall down

跌嚫 dit3 can1 = to suffer a fall 粵

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

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

下跌 haa6 dit3 xia4 die1 = fall, tumble, etc.

跌幅 dit3 fuk1 = range of a price drop

跌價 dit3 gaa3 die2 jia4 = to go down in price

跌入 dit3 jap6 = fall in

跌傷 dit3 soeng1 = to fall and injure oneself
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Showing all 3 examples containing 跌

跌親就企返起身啦！粵
If you fall over, get back up again!
[Lit. fall bad-thing, stand back up body. As the translation suggests, this is actually a conditional sentence, even though it might not seem like it. More explicitly we could say 如果你跌親嘅話，你就企返起身啦！]

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.

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

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 跌
Unicode code for this character: U+8dcc (off-site link)

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