落堂

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	(main) hall; large room
trad. (落堂)		落	堂
simp. #(落堂)		落	堂

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ tong⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): lŏ̤h-dòng
• Southern Min

  (Teochew, Peng'im): loh⁸ deng⁵

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): lo⁶ do⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ tong⁴
    • Yale: lohk tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² tʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lŏ̤h-dòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃oʔ⁵⁻³³ ^(t-)louŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: loh⁸ deng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍h tṳ̂ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʔ⁴⁻² tɯŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: lo⁶ do⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /lɔ³³ tɔ²²/

Verb

落堂

1. (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Leizhou Min, Teochew, Southern Wu) to finish class

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		下課
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	下課
	Taiwan	下課
	Harbin	下課
	Shenyang	下課
	Malaysia	下課
	Singapore	下課
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	下課
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	下課
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	下課
	Wanrong	下課, 下堂 dated
	Xi'an	下課, 下堂
	Xining	下課
	Xuzhou	下課
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	下課
	Lanzhou	下課
	Ürümqi	下課
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	下課
	Wuhan	下課, 下堂
	Guiyang	下課
	Kunming	下課
	Guilin	下課
	Liuzhou	下課
	Nanning (Wuming)	下課
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	下課
	Yangzhou	下課
	Hefei	下課
Cantonese	Guangzhou	落堂, 落課
	Hong Kong	落堂
	Taishan	落堂, 落課
	Taishan (Guanghai)	下堂, 下課
	Dongguan	落堂, 落課
	Yangjiang	落堂, 落課
	Qinzhou	落課
	Mandalay (Taishan)	下堂
Gan	Nanchang	下課
	Lichuan	下課
	Pingxiang	下課
Hakka	Meixian	下堂, 下課
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	下課
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	下課
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	下課
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	下課
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	下課
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	下課
	Kuching (Hepo)	下課
Huizhou	Jixi	下課
Jin	Taiyuan	下課
	Xinzhou	下課, 下堂
Northern Min	Jian'ou	下課
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	落堂
	Fuqing	落堂
Southern Min	Xiamen	落課
	Quanzhou	落課
	Zhangzhou	落課
	Taipei	落課, 下課
	Singapore (Hokkien)	落課
	Manila (Hokkien)	落課
	Guilin (Biyange)	落課
	Chaozhou	落堂
	Shantou	落堂
	Jieyang	落堂
	Phnom Penh (Teochew)	落堂
	Pontianak (Teochew)	落堂
	Leizhou	落課, 落堂
	Haikou	落課, 落堂 dated
Puxian Min	Putian	落課
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	落課
Wu	Shanghai	下課
	Shanghai (Chongming)	退課
	Suzhou	下課
	Danyang	下課
	Hangzhou	下課, 落課, 退課
	Ningbo	落課
	Wenzhou	退課, 退班, 落堂
	Jinhua	退班, 落課, 落班
Xiang	Changsha	下課
	Loudi	下課
	Shuangfeng	下課

Dialectal synonyms of 下課 (“to finish class”) [map]

Antonyms

• 上堂 (shàngtáng)

References

• 陈恩泉 [Chen Enquan], editor (2010), “【落堂】loh₄dwj⁵”, in 潮·普双言语词典 (Dio-pou saj jaj qw sw diaj; Cháo-pǔ shuāngyányǔ cídiǎn), 北京 (Běijīng) [Beijing]: 国际文化出版公司