交落

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (交落)		交	落
simp. #(交落)		交	落
alternative forms		下落 加落 加樓／加楼 加摟／加搂 加老 下落 加落 加樓／加楼 加摟／加搂 加老 加咾 加轆／加辘 加漏 加流 加瀏／加浏 加留 交流 揭落 (Quanzhou Hokkien)

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ka-la̍uh / ka-la̍k / ka̍h-la̍uh / ka̍h-nia̍uh

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ga¹ laoh⁸ / gao¹ laoh⁸ / ga¹ lao⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-la̍uh
    • Tâi-lô: ka-la̍uh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kalauh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² lauʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ lauʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² lauʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-la̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ka-la̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kalak
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² lak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ lak̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka̍h-la̍uh
    • Tâi-lô: ka̍h-la̍uh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaqlauh
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lauʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka̍h-nia̍uh
    • Tâi-lô: ka̍h-nia̍uh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaqniauh
    • IPA (Philippines): /ka(ʔ)²⁴⁻² niauʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ka(ʔ)²⁴⁻² niãuʔ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ga¹ laoh⁸ / gao¹ laoh⁸ / ga¹ lao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ka la̍uh / kau la̍uh / ka lâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka³³⁻²³ lauʔ⁴/, /kau³³⁻²³ lauʔ⁴/, /ka³³⁻²³ lau⁵⁵/

Verb

交落

1. (Southern Min, of a thing) to fall down

   • 達濠牛肉丸彈性上好，人呾交落塗腳有變彈轉桌頂，再跳加三下 [Teochew, trad.]
     达濠牛肉丸弹性上好，人呾交落涂脚有变弹转桌顶，再跳加三下 [Teochew, simp.]

     From: 丘學強 Qiū Xuéqiáng, 2002, 交際潮汕話九百句, Guangdong: 广东嘉应音像出版社, pg. 38

     Dag⁸ hao⁵ ghu⁵ nêg⁸ in⁵ tang⁵ sên³ siang⁶ ho², nang⁵ dan³ ga¹ laoh⁸ tou⁵ ka¹ u⁶ biang³ tang⁵ deng² doh⁴ dêng², zai³ tiao³ gê¹ san¹ ê⁷ [Peng'im]

     Beef meatballs from Dag-hao district are the most elastic; people say that if they are dropped on the floor they will bounce back up to the height of the table, and bounce three more times

2. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) to lose (to cause something to cease to be in one's possession)

Derived terms

• 交落枕
• 交落身
• 拍交落

 

References

• “Entry #2099”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
• Duffus, William (1883) “fall”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 102