淪陷

See also: 沦陷

Chinese

		perish	to fall; trap
trad. (淪陷)		淪	陷
simp. (沦陷)		沦	陷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lúnxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁴ ham⁶, leon⁴ haam⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lùn-ham
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lûn-hām

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lung⁵ ham⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lúnxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lúnsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: lun²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: lwún-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luenshiann
    • Palladius: луньсянь (lunʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leon⁴ ham⁶, leon⁴ haam⁶
    • Yale: lèuhn hahm, lèuhn haahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁴ ham⁶, loen⁴ haam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lên⁴ hem⁶, lên⁴ ham⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²¹ hɐm²²/, /lɵn²¹ haːm²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùn-ham
    • Hakka Romanization System: lunˇ ham
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lun² ham⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /lun¹¹ ham⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûn-hām
    • Tâi-lô: lûn-hām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lunham
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lun²⁴⁻²² ham²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lun²⁴⁻²² ham⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lun¹³⁻²² ham²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lun²⁴⁻¹¹ ham³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lun²³⁻³³ ham³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lung⁵ ham⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lûng hām
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /luŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ham¹¹/

Verb

淪陷

1. (intransitive) to fall into enemy hands

   大陸淪陷／大陆沦陷  ―  Dàlù lúnxiàn  ―  "fall of the Mainland": (Taiwan) the Communist takeover of Mainland China

Synonyms

• 失守 (shīshǒu)
• 失陷 (shīxiàn)
• 淪亡／沦亡 (lúnwáng)
• 陷落 (xiànluò)

 

Derived terms

• 淪陷區／沦陷区 (lúnxiànqū)