落地

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (落地)		落	地
simp. #(落地)		落	地

Pronunciation 1

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòdì, làodì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ, ㄌㄠˋ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ dei⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-thi
• Eastern Min (BUC): lŏ̤h-*dê / lŏ̤h-dê
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-tē / lo̍k-tōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, literary, standard)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòdì
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: lwò-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohdih
    • Palladius: лоди (lodi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
    • Homophones:
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làodì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làodì
    • Wade–Giles: lao⁴-ti⁴
    • Yale: làu-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lawdih
    • Palladius: лаоди (laodi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ dei⁶
    • Yale: lohk deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² tei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-thi
    • Hakka Romanization System: log ti
    • Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ ti⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lŏ̤h-*dê / lŏ̤h-dê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃oʔ⁵⁻²¹ tɛi²⁴²/, /l̃oʔ⁵⁻²¹ ^(t-)lɛi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-tē
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-tē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logde
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ te²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² te²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logdoe
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² tue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tue²²/

Verb

落⫽地 (verb-object)

1. to fall to the ground

   落地燈／落地灯  ―  luòdìdēng  ―  floor lamp

   心裡一塊石頭落了地。 [MSC, trad.]
   心里一块石头落了地。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xīnlǐ yī kuài shítou luò le dì. [Pinyin]

   That's a load off my mind. (lit. "a stone in my heart fell to the ground")

2. (of an airplane) to land

   落地簽證／落地签证  ―  luòdì qiānzhèng  ―  visa granted on arrival; landing visa

3. (figurative) to be born
4. (figurative) to implement; to put into effect; to carry out
5. (Eastern Min, without consonant assimilation, of a fire) to be put out
6. (Cantonese, mahjong, of a player's tiles) to be revealed by being turned face up

Synonyms

• (to land): 著地／着地 (zhuódì), 著陸／着陆 (zhuólù)
• (to be born):

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• 出世 (chūshì) (literary or dialectal)
• 出生 (chūshēng)
• 生人 (shēngrén) (of a person)
• 誕生 / 诞生 (dànshēng) (of a person)
• 降世 (jiàngshì) (especially of an important figure)
• 降生 (jiàngshēng) (especially of an important figure)

• (to implement):

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• 來到 / 来到 (láidào)
• 執行 / 执行 (zhíxíng)
• 奉行 (fèngxíng)
• 實施 / 实施 (shíshī)
• 實現 / 实现 (shíxiàn)
• 實行 / 实行 (shíxíng)
• 實踐 / 实践 (shíjiàn)
• 履行 (lǚxíng)
• 採取 / 采取 (cǎiqǔ)
• 推行 (tuīxíng)
• 操作 (cāozuò)
• 啟動 / 启动 (qǐdòng)
• 施
• 施行 (shīxíng)
• 施設 / 施设 (shīshè) (literary)
• 服行 (fúxíng) (literary)
• 落實 / 落实 (luòshí)
• 貫徹 / 贯彻 (guànchè)
• 踐行 / 践行 (jiànxíng) (literary)

Derived terms

• 人頭落地 / 人头落地
• 噹啷落地 / 当啷落地
• 落地幫 / 落地帮
• 落地式
• 落地扇 (luòdìshàn)
• 落地燈 / 落地灯 (luòdìdēng)
• 落地生根 (luòdìshēnggēn)
• 落地窗 (luòdìchuāng)
• 落地簽 / 落地签 (luòdìqiān)
• 落地簽證 / 落地签证 (luòdì qiānzhèng)
• 落地罩

Adverb

落地

1. (Eastern Min, with consonant assimilation) originally

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-tōe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-tōe
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-tuē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqdoe
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tue³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tue³³/

Verb

落⫽地 (verb-object)

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to fall to the ground