落拓

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (落拓)		落	拓
simp. #(落拓)		落	拓
alternative forms		落魄 落托

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòtuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ tok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-thok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòtuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòtuò
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-tʻo⁴
    • Yale: lwò-twò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohtuoh
    • Palladius: лото (loto)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ tok³
    • Yale: lohk tok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ tok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ tog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² tʰɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-thok
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-thok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logtog
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰɔk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: lak thak

Rime
Character	落	拓
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	盧各切	他各切
Baxter	lak	thak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/	/tʰɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/	/tʰɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/	/tʰɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/	/tʰak̚/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/	/tʰɑk̚/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/	/tʰɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/	/tʰɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò	tuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lok6	tok3

Adjective

落拓

1. (literary or Zhangzhou Hokkien) in dire straits; down and out
2. (literary) untrammelled by convention; casual; unconventional
3. (literary) lonely; desolate

Synonyms

• (in dire straits): 落魄 (luòpò)