落寞

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	lonesome
trad. (落寞)		落	寞
simp. #(落寞)		落	寞
alternative forms		落莫 落漠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ mok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-bo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòmò
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-mo⁴
    • Yale: lwò-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohmoh
    • Palladius: ломо (lomo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ mok⁶
    • Yale: lohk mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² mɔːk̚²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 落寞 落幕

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logbok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² bɔk̚²⁴/

Adjective

落寞

1. desolate; deserted; cold; unfrequented
2. lonely; lonesome; solitary

Synonyms

• (desolate):

• 冷僻 (lěngpì)
• 冷淡 (lěngdàn)
• 冷清 (lěngqīng)
• 冷落 (lěngluò)
• 清冷 (qīnglěng)
• 淒涼／凄凉 (qīliáng)
• 荒涼／荒凉 (huāngliáng)
• 蒼涼／苍凉 (cāngliáng)
• 蕭條／萧条 (xiāotiáo)
• 青凊 (Min Nan)

 

• (lonely):

• 俗 (Hokkien)
• 孤單／孤单 (gūdān)
• 孤孑 (gūjié) (literary)
• 孤寂 (gūjì)
• 孤獨／孤独 (gūdú)
• 寂寞 (jìmò)
• 寂寥 (jìliáo)
• 挑另 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 索寞 (suǒmò) (literary or Eastern Min)

 

Derived terms

• 落寞寡歡／落寞寡欢