落水

落⫽水 (verb-object)

1. (literary or dialectal) to fall into the water

   小心落水。  ―  Xiǎoxīn luòshuǐ.  ―  Warning — deep water.

2. (figurative) to sink into depravity
3. (figurative) to fall into a trap
4. (by extension) to soak the cloth before making clothes
5. (dialectal, including Cantonese, Hokkien) to go into the water
6. (dialectal, including Cantonese, Hakka, Gan, Shehua, Wu) to rain
   • 2007, “你聽到了嗎？”, 葉國居, 鄭朝方 (lyrics)‎^[1]performed by 鄭朝方:

     外背介落水聲不斷　你聽到咧麼 [Hailu Hakka, trad.]
     外背介落水声不断　你听到咧么 [Hailu Hakka, simp.]

     ngo⁺ boiˇ geˇ log` shui´ shang` m ton`, ngi tangˇ doˇ le` mo [Taiwanese Hakka Romanization System]

     The sound of the rain outside does not stop; do you hear it?

   • 2013, “學廣東話 [Learn Cantonese]”‎^[2]performed by 黃明志 [Namewee]:

     天黑落水咗　妳問我係麼水啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     天黑落水咗　你问我系么水啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     tin¹ hak¹ lok⁶ seoi² zo², nei⁵ man⁶ ngo⁵ hai⁶ mat¹ seoi² aa³? [Jyutping]

     [I said:] when it was dark, it rained. You asked me what on earth is that?

7. (Hokkien) to load cargo onto a ship
8. (Teochew) to suffer an attack (especially after making an error)

• (to rain):

• (to load cargo onto a ship): 上貨／上货 (shànghuò); (Hokkien) 落貨／落货, 落船
• (to sink to depravity): 墮落／堕落 (duòluò)

落水

1. (Hokkien) to draw water for irrigation

落水

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to shrink when soaked in water (of fabric)

• (Hokkien) 食水, 束水, 燥水

落水 • (naksu) (hangeul 낙수)

1. hanja form^? of 낙수 (“dripping water, trickling water; draining water from rice paddies”)