墮落

See also: 堕落

Chinese

		degenerate; fall	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (墮落)		墮	落
simp. (堕落)		堕	落

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duòluò

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): do⁶ lok⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō͘-lo̍k / tō-lo̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duòluò
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duòluò
  - Wade–Giles: to⁴-lo⁴
  - Yale: dwò-lwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duohluoh
  - Palladius: доло (dolo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: do⁶ lok⁶
  - Yale: doh lohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: do⁶ lok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: do⁶ log⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː²² lɔːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-lo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tōo-lo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doxlok
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-lo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tō-lo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixlok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /to²²⁻²¹ lɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /to²²⁻²¹ lɔk̚¹²¹/

Verb

墮落

to degenerate; to sink low
(archaic) to fall; to drop; to come off

Usage notes

Not to be confused with 墜落／坠落 (zhuìluò).

Synonyms

(to degenerate): (figurative) 落水 (luòshuǐ)

Related terms

腐化 (fǔhuà)
蛻化／蜕化 (tuìhuà)

Korean

Hanja in this term
墮	落

Noun

墮落 • (tarak) (hangeul 타락)

hanja form^? of 타락 (“corruption; depravity; degradation”)