落臺
Chinese
| to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind | (measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (落臺/落台) | 落 | 臺/台 | |
| simp. (落台) | 落 | 台 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lok6 toi4
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): log6 toi2
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lo7 dai2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-tâi
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lok6 toi4
- Yale: lohk tòih
- Cantonese Pinyin: lok9 toi4
- Guangdong Romanization: log6 toi4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɔːk̚² tʰɔːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: lo7 dai2 [Phonetic: lo5 dai2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: leo̍h-dái
- Sinological IPA (key): /lo¹³⁻¹¹ tai¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: lo7 dai2 [Phonetic: lo5 dai2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /lo²⁴⁻²¹ tai²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-tâi
- Tâi-lô: lo̍h-tâi
- Phofsit Daibuun: loiqdaai
- IPA (Xiamen): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tai²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tai²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tai¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tai²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tai²³/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
落⫽臺 (verb-object)
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Puxian Min, literally) to go off stage
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Puxian Min, figurative) to step down (from office); to fall from a position of prestige
- (Cantonese, Southern Min, figurative) to get out of a predicament or an embarrassing situation
Synonyms
- (to go off stage): 下臺／下台 (xiàtái), 下臺階／下台阶 (xià táijiē)
- (to step down from office): 下臺／下台 (xiàtái)
- (to get out of a predicament): 下臺／下台 (xiàtái), 下臺階／下台阶 (xià táijiē)
References
- “落臺”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “落台”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 362.