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落淚

落淚

Chinese

		alight; to fall; to drop (behind) alight; to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	tears
trad. (落淚)		落	淚
simp. (落泪)		落	泪

Verb

落淚

(literary) to shed tears; to weep

Derived terms

不見棺材不落淚／不见棺材不落泪

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): luòlèi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ leoi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): lo̍h-lūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: luòlèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohley
  - IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ leɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ leoi⁶
  - Yale: lohk leuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ loey⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² lɵy̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-lūi
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍h-luī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loiqlui
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lui²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɤ(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² lui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɤ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ lui²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ lui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ lui³³/