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落

luò

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character

落 (luò) means "to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 落 means

1. to fall or drop
2. (of the sun) to set
3. (of a tide) to go out
4. to lower
5. to decline or sink
6. to lag or fall behind
7. to fall onto
8. to rest with
9. to get or receive
10. to write down
11. whereabouts
12. settlement

Other readings

落 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• làto leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring
• làocolloquial reading for {落|luò} in certain compounds

Example sentences

• 落跑吧！
  Luòpǎo ba!
  Run off now!
• 当心坠落。
  Dāngxīn zhuìluò.
  Watch out for the drop.
• 我落选了。
  Wǒ luòxuǎn le.
  I did not pass.
• 我在堕落！
  Wǒ zài duòluò!
  I'm degenerating!
• 这是落户。
  Zhè shì luòhù.
  That settles that.
• 叶子落了。
  The leaves fell.

Words starting with 落

• 落后luò hòuto fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward
• 落实luò shípractical; workable; to implement
• 落成luò chéngto complete a construction project
• 落下luò xiàto fall; to drop; to land (of projectile)
• 落地luò dìto fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground…
• 落叶luò yèdead leaves; to lose leaves (of plants); deciduous
• 落泪luò lèito shed tears; to weep
• 落入luò rùto fall into
• 落日luò rìsetting sun
• 落寞luò mòlonely; desolate
• 落户luò hùto settle; to set up home
• 落得luò deending up as; leading to; resulting in
• 落水luò shuǐto fall into water; to sink; overboard
• 落伍luò wǔto fall behind the ranks; to be outdated
• 落空luò kōngto fail; to fall through; to come to nothing
• 落脚luò jiǎoto stay for a time; to stop over; to lodge
• 落差luò chādrop in elevation; (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc); disparity
• 落榜luò bǎngto fail the imperial exams; to flunk
• 落幕luò mùthe curtain drops; the end of the show
• 落网luò wǎng(of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net; (of a tennis ball) to hit the net…
• 落魄luò pòdown and out; in dire straits; unrestrained
• 落座luò zuòto sit down; to take a seat
• 落款luò kuǎninscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc…
• 落选luò xuǎnto fail to be chosen (or elected); to lose an election

Words containing 落

• 降落jiàng luòto descend; to land
• 角落jiǎo luòcorner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook
• 堕落duò luòto degrade; to degenerate; to become depraved
• 丢三落四diū sān là sìforgetful; empty-headed
• 部落bù luòtribe
• 失落shī luòto lose (sth); to drop (sth); to feel a sense of loss
• 段落duàn luòphase; time interval; paragraph
• 坐落zuò luòto be situated; to be located (of a building)
• 下落xià luòwhereabouts; to drop; to fall
• 散落sàn luòto disperse; to fall scattered; to sprinkle
• 日落rì luòsundown; sunset
• 冷落lěng luòdesolate; unfrequented; to treat sb coldly
• 村落cūn luòvillage
• 坠落zhuì luòto fall; to drop
• 院落yuàn luòcourtyard
• 脱落tuō luòto drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out…
• 低落dī luòdowncast; gloomy; to decline; to get worse
• 滑落huá luòto slip and fall; to slide down; to roll down; (fig.) (of sales, popularity etc) to…
• 飘落piāo luòto float down; to fall gently (snowflakes, leaves etc)
• 沦落lún luòto degenerate; impoverished; to fall (into poverty)
• 着落zhuó luòwhereabouts; place to settle; reliable source (of funds etc)
• 流落liú luòto wander about destitute; to be stranded
• 没落mò luòto decline; to wane
• 跌落diē luòto fall; to drop

Characters that look like 落

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 蓬péngfleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes…
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum
• 雾wùfog; mist
• 笨bènstupid; foolish; silly
• 凿záo(bound form) chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig; (literary) certain; authentic…

Sounds the same

Read luò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 络net-like object; to hold sth in place with a net; to wind
• 洛used in transliteration
• 摞to pile up; to stack; a pile
• 烙used in 炮烙
• 咯to cough up; also pr. kǎ
• 珞neck-ornament
• 骆camel; white horse with a black mane (archaic)
• 漯used in 漯河
• 泺name of a river
• 雒black horse with white mane; fearful
• 荦brindled ox; clear; eminent
• 纙string on which coins are strung

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read luò correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.