落格

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	frame; rule
trad. (落格)		落	格
simp. #(落格)		落	格

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lak-keh / lak-keeh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lak-keh
    • Tâi-lô: lak-keh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lakkeq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ keʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lak-keeh
    • Tâi-lô: lak-keeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚³²⁻⁵ kɛʔ³²/

Verb

落格

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to reduce to a lower rank; to demote
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to have a vulgar personality

Synonyms

• (to demote):

• 左遷／左迁 (zuǒqiān) (literary)
• 甪職／甪职 (Hokkien)
• 貶官／贬官 (biǎnguān) (an official)
• 貶斥／贬斥 (biǎnchì) (literary)
• 貶職／贬职 (biǎnzhí) (literary)
• 貶黜／贬黜 (biǎnchù) (literary)
• 降級／降级 (jiàngjí)
• 降職／降职 (jiàngzhí)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 落格 – see 落膈 (“to pass into the stomach where digestion begins; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 落膈).