落水

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Chinese[edit]

to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind water; river
trad. (落水)
simp. #(落水)
anagram 水落

Pronunciation 1[edit]


Verb[edit]

落⫽水 (verb-object)

  1. (literary or dialectal) to fall into the water
    小心落水  ―  Xiǎoxīn luòshuǐ.  ―  Warning — deep water.
  2. (dialectal, including Cantonese, Southern Min) to go into the water
  3. (dialectal, including Cantonese, Hakka, Gan, Shehua, Wu) to rain
  4. (Southern Min) to load cargo onto a ship
  5. (figurative) to fall into a trap
  6. (figurative) to sink into depravity
  7. to soak cloth before making clothes
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  • (to rain):
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Pronunciation 2[edit]


Verb[edit]

落水

  1. (Southern Min) to draw water for irrigation

Pronunciation 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

落水

  1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to shrink when soaked in water (of fabric)
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Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

落水 (naksu) (hangeul 낙수)

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