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落水

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Chinese

More information to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind, water; river ...

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • “to go into the water; to load cargo onto a ship”.
    Note:
    • Chaozhou - “to fall into the water; to fall into a trap; to sink into depravity; to suffer an attack”.

    Verb

    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
    7. (Hokkien) to load cargo onto a ship
    8. (Teochew) to suffer an attack (especially after making an error)
    Synonyms
    • (to rain):
    Derived terms

    Pronunciation 2


    Verb

    落水

    1. (Hokkien) to draw water for irrigation

    Pronunciation 3


    Verb

    落水

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

    More information Hanja in this term ...

    Noun

    落水 (naksu) (hangeul 낙수)

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

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