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落胎

落胎

Chinese

		alight; to fall; to drop (behind) alight; to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	fetus; litter
simp. and trad. (落胎)		落	胎

Verb

落胎

to abort, to miscarry

Korean

Hanja in this term
落	胎

Noun

落胎 • ‎(naktae) ‎(hangeul 낙태)

Hanja form^? of 낙태, “abortion”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): luòtāi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ toi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lau-thôi
Min Nan (POJ): làu-the

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: luòtāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄞ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohtai
  - IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ toi¹
  - Yale: lohk tōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ toi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² tʰɔːi̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lau-thôi
  - Hakka Romanization System: lau toi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lau⁴ toi¹
  - IPA: /la̯u⁵⁵ tʰo̯i²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làu-the
  - Tâi-lô: làu-the
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lao'tef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰe³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ²¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /laʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰe⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰe⁴⁴/