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
Synonyms edit
  • (to rain):
Derived terms edit

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)
Synonyms edit

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).