落差

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake
trad. (落差)		落	差
simp. #(落差)		落	差

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòchā

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ caa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-chha / lo̍h-chha

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòchā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòcha
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-chʻa¹
    • Yale: lwò-chā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohcha
    • Palladius: лоча (loča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ caa¹
    • Yale: lohk chā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ tsaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ ca¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-chha
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-tsha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logzhaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰa³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-chha
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-tsha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqzhaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰa⁴⁴/

Noun

落差

1. (geography) drop in elevation (of a waterfall, between two points in the course of a river, etc.)
2. head drop (in hydroelectric power plants)
3. (figurative) discrepancy (typically between reality and one's expectations); gap

Synonyms

• (discrepancy):

• 不同 (bùtóng)
• 不同之處／不同之处 (bùtóng zhī chù)
• 出入 (chūrù)
• 分別／分别 (fēnbié)
• 分界線／分界线 (fēnjièxiàn) (figurative)
• 區別／区别 (qūbié)
• 差分 (chāfēn)
• 差別／差别 (chābié)
• 差異／差异 (chāyì)
• 差等 (cīděng) (literary)
• 差距 (chājù)
• 精差 (Hokkien)
• 誤差／误差 (wùchā)

 

Derived terms

• 落差婚
• 落差感

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
落	差
らく Grade: 3	さ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ら​くさ [ráꜜkùsà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝsa̠]

Noun

落(らく)差(さ) • (rakusa) ^{←らくさ (rakusa)?}

1. (geography) drop in elevation (of a waterfall, between two points in the course of a river, etc.)
2. discrepancy