落毛
Chinese
| to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind | hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (落毛) | 落 | 毛 | |
| simp. #(落毛) | 落 | 毛 | |
Pronunciation 1
- Southern Min (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): lag4 mo5
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 8loq-mau6
Verb
落毛
- (Hainanese, Leizhou Min) to lose hair
- (Hainanese, Shanghainese) to molt; to shed feathers (of birds)
Synonyms
- (to lose hair): 掉髮／掉发 (diàofà), 脫髮／脱发 (tuōfà)
- (to molt): 脫羽／脱羽 (tuōyú); (Hokkien, Wu) 蛻毛／蜕毛; (Wu) 毻毛
Pronunciation 2
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: loh8 mo5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍h mô
- Sinological IPA (key): /loʔ⁴⁻² mo⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
Note: Chaozhou.
- (Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: lo6 mo5
- Sinological IPA: /lɔ³³ mɔ²²/
- (Leizhou)
Verb
落毛
- (Teochew, Leizhou Min, especially of a monk or nun) to shave one's head; to take the tonsure