落落

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (落落)		落	落
simp. ^#(落落)		落	落

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luòluò

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ lok⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-lo̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luòluò
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luòluò
  - Wade–Giles: lo⁴-lo⁴
  - Yale: lwò-lwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohluoh
  - Palladius: лоло (lolo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ lok⁶
  - Yale: lohk lohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ lok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ log⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² lɔːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-lo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k-lo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loglok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴/

Middle Chinese: lak lak

Rime
Character	落
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧各切
Baxter	lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lok⁶

Adjective

落落

(literary, ideophonic) tall; lofty
(literary, ideophonic) few; sporadic; scattered
(ideophonic) open and upright; natural and poised
(ideophonic) aloof; stand-offish

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): làu-làu

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làu-làu
  - Tâi-lô: làu-làu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laolaux
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau¹¹⁻⁵³ lau¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau²¹⁻⁴¹ lau²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau²¹⁻⁵³ lau²¹/

Adjective

落落

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) loose; about to fall off

Descendants

→ Tagalog: lawlaw

Pronunciation 3

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lak-lo̍h / lak--lo̍h

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lak-lo̍h
  - Tâi-lô: lak-lo̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lakloih
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ loʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚³²⁻⁵ loʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ lɤʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lak̚⁵⁻²⁴ loʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lak--lo̍h
  - Tâi-lô: lak--lo̍h

Verb

落落

(Hokkien) to fall; to fall off
(Hokkien) to lose; to misplace (due to forgetting)

Synonyms

(to fall off): 掉下 (diàoxià)

丟失 / 丢失 (diūshī)
丟掉 / 丢掉 (diūdiào)
亡
失去 (shīqù)
失落 (shīluò)
拍交落 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
拍毋見 / 拍毋见 (Hokkien)
拍無 / 拍无 (Hokkien, Eastern Min)
拍無去 / 拍无去 (Hokkien, Eastern Min)
拍逿 / 拍𰺲 (páh-dâung) (Eastern Min)
拍逿去 / 拍𰺲去 (páh-dâung kó̤^→ó̤) (Eastern Min)
紡見 / 纺见 (Hokkien)
遺失 / 遗失 (yíshī)
遺落 / 遗落 (yíluò)