落語

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (落語)		落	語
simp. (落语)		落	语

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 落(らく)語(ご) (rakugo).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luòyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄩˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luòyǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luòyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: lo⁴-yü³
  - Yale: lwò-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohyeu
  - Palladius: лоюй (lojuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

落語

rakugo (Japanese comic storytelling)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
落	語
らく Grade: 3	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) らくご [ràkúgó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟ɡo̞]

Noun

落(らく)語(ご) • (rakugo)

rakugo (Japanese comic story telling)

See also

演芸場(えんげいじょう) (engeijō): a rakugo theatre
噺家(はなしか) (hanashika): a professional rakugo teller