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落

luò
HSK 34 readings

“To leave out” in Chinese is 落 (luò).

Other characters with the syllable luo: see all 7 →

Meaning

  • to leave out
  • to be missing
  • to leave behind or forget to bring
Show 13 more meanings
  • to lag or fall behind
  • colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds
  • to fall or drop
  • (of the sun) to set
  • (of a tide) to go out
  • to lower
  • to decline or sink
  • to fall onto
  • to rest with
  • to get or receive
  • to write down
  • whereabouts
  • settlement

Example

我们落后于原定计划。

We're behind schedule.

From 落后 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

  • luòto fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement
  • làocolloquial reading for 落 in certain compounds
  • làto leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Words containing 落

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