落伍

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	associate with; five; company
trad. (落伍)		落	伍
simp. #(落伍)		落	伍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ ng⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-gó͘ / lo̍k-ngó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòwǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-wu³
    • Yale: lwò-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohwuu
    • Palladius: ло’у (lo’u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ ng⁵
    • Yale: lohk ńgh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ ng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ ng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² ŋ̍¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-gó͘
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-góo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loggor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-ngó͘
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-ngóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logngor
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² ŋɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ŋɔ̃⁵³/

Verb

落伍

1. (military) to fall behind the ranks
2. (figurative) to be behind the times; to be outdated

Related terms

• 掉隊／掉队 (diàoduì)
• 落後／落后 (luòhòu)