寥落

Chinese

		empty; lonesome; very few	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (寥落)		寥	落
simp. #(寥落)		寥	落

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáoluò

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ lok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâu-lo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáoluò
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáoluò
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-lo⁴
    • Yale: lyáu-lwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liauluoh
    • Palladius: ляоло (ljaolo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ lok⁶
    • Yale: lìuh lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ lɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: liâu-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaulok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lew|lek lak

Rime
Character	寥	寥	落
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	青 (127)	唐 (103)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	I
Fanqie	落蕭切	郎擊切	盧各切
Baxter	lew	lek	lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/lek̚/	/lɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/lek̚/	/lɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/lɛk̚/	/lɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/lɛjk̚/	/lak̚/
Li Rong	/leu/	/lek̚/	/lɑk̚/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/liek̚/	/lɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu/	/liek̚/	/lɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	lì	luò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4	lik6	lok6

Adjective

寥落

1. few and far between; sparse; scattered