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落Polyphone (多音字)HSK 4
Antonyms: 添
Total strokes: 12; Radical: 艸
Pictophonetic:洛 indicates the sound; 艹 (plant) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • 洛 [ luò ] a river in the Shanxi province; a city
Similar Characters: 菬
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1
Pinyin: luò
English Definition:to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement
Chinese Definition:
①掉下来，往下降：降落。落下。零落(a。叶子脱落，如“草木落落”；b。衰败，如“一片落落景象”；c。稀疏，如“枪声落落”)。脱落。落叶。落泪。落潮。落英。落日。落体。落座。陨落。落井下石(形容乘人之危，加以打击陷害)。落雁沉鱼。叶落归根。
②衰败：没落。破落。衰落。沦落。流落。落泊(a。潦倒失意；b。豪迈，不拘束，均亦作“落魄”)。
③遗留在后面：落后。落伍。落选。
④停留，留下：落户。落荒。落笔。落款。
⑤停留或居住的地方：村落。部落。院落。
⑥归属，得到某种结果：落得。落空。
⑦陷入不利境地：落网。落难(nàn)。
⑧古代宫室建成时举行的祭礼，现泛指建筑物完工：落成。
⑨稀少：疏落。稀稀落落。
⑩屋檐上的滴水装置(俗称“檐滴水”)：“矗不知其几千万落。”
⑾死亡：殂落。
⑿(落落)a。豁达，大方，如“落落大方”；b。孤独，不苟合，如“落落寡合。”
⒀篱笆：“凿井浚渠，缚落锄园。”
Example Words:
落实HSK 6 luò shí practical; workable; to implement; to carry out; to decide
落后HSK 5 luò hòu to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress
角落HSK 6 jiǎo luò nook; corner
落户 luò hù to settle; to set up home
部落 bù luò tribe
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2
Pinyin: là
English Definition:to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind
Chinese Definition:
①丢了，漏掉。［合］丢三落四；这里落了两个字。
②忘了拿，没注意取。［例］我忙着出来，把票落在家里了。
③落后。［合］落下很远；落在后面。
④没有上，误。［例］落了一个星期的课。
⑤另见lào；luō；luò。
Example Words:
丢三落四HSK 6 diū sān là sì forgetful; empty-headed
一字不落 yī zì bù là see 一字不漏
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3
Pinyin: lào
English Definition:colloquial reading for 落 in certain compounds
Chinese Definition:
①捞，赚。［例］把东西开个花账儿，落他二三两银子。——《西游记》。［合］落褒贬(落下不是)；落亏欠(欠下人情债)。
②脱落；退去。［合］落后(退色)。
③错失。［合］落枕(又名失枕。因睡觉时受寒或枕枕头的姿势不合适，以致脖子疼痛，转动不便)。
④倒，倒下。［合］落炕(方言。病得不能起床)。
⑤另见là；luō；luò。
Example Words:
莲花落 lián huā lào genre of folk song with accompaniment of bamboo clappers
落枕 lào zhěn to have a stiff neck after sleeping; (of the head) to touch the pillow
落价 lào jià (coll.) to fall or drop in price; to go down in price
没着没落 méi zháo méi lào unsteady; unsure; anxious; unsettled; unresolved
落子 lào zi see 莲花落
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Example Sentences
1
fēi jī
飞机
jiàng luò
降落
zài
在
jī chǎng
机场
。
The airplane is landing at the airport.
2
tā
他
cóng
从
gāo chù
高处
luò
落
xià lai
下来
。
He fell from a high place.
3
zhè ge
这个
jì shù
技术
yǐ jīng
已经
luò hòu
落后
le
了
。
This technology has become outdated.
4
bié
别
ràng
让
zì jǐ
自己
de
的
mèng xiǎng
梦想
luò kōng
落空
。
Don't let your dreams fall through.
5
shā mò zhōng
沙漠中
de
的
rì luò
日落
fēi cháng
非常
piào liang
漂亮
。
The sunset in the desert is very beautiful.
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