落場

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	courtyard; open space; place courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used for sport or recreation)
trad. (落場)		落	場
simp. (落场)		落	场

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ coeng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-tiûⁿ / lo̍h-tiôⁿ

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ coeng⁴
  - Yale: lohk chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-tiûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍h-tiûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loiqdviuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tiũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tiũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-tiôⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍h-tiônn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loiqdviooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɔ̃¹³/

Verb

落場

(Southern Min) to make one's exit; to leave; to exit (a show, game, meeting)
(Southern Min, figurative) to get out of difficulties
(Cantonese) to enter the arena and participate
(Hong Kong Cantonese, of restaurant workers) to have break between lunch hours and dinner hours, often unpaid

Synonyms

(to make one's exit): 下場／下场 (xiàchǎng), 退場／退场 (tuìchǎng)