Meaning
leave behind; alight; to fall; to drop (behind)
Chinese: 落下、停留或遗漏。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “luo” becomes a different word in each tone. 落 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 落后luò hòuto fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress
- 降落jiàng luòto descend; to land
- 落实luò shípractical; workable; to implement; to carry out
- 角落jiǎo luòcorner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook
- 堕落duò luòto degrade; to degenerate; to become depraved; corrupt
Example Sentence
秋天到了，树叶纷纷落下。Qiū tiān dào le, shù yè fēn fēn luò xià.Autumn has come, and the leaves are falling one after another.
秋天Qiū tiānautumn到了dào leat last，树叶shù yètree leaves纷纷fēn fēnone after another落下luò xiàto fall。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The grass radical 艹 plus 洛 (sound): originally leaves falling. Read luò: ‘to fall, drop, descend; to decline; to land, settle; to fall behind; to write down’ (落下, 降落, 落后); read là: ‘to leave behind, miss out, omit’ (落下东西).
A way to remember it
luò = to fall / land (降落, 落后); là = to leave behind (落东西).