剪落

Chinese

		cut with scissors; scissors	to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (剪落)		剪	落
simp. #(剪落)		剪	落
alternative forms		翦落

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎnluò

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnluò
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnluò
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-lo⁴
    • Yale: jyǎn-lwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanluoh
    • Palladius: цзяньло (czjanʹlo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯ɔ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjenX lak

Rime
Character	剪	落
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	即淺切	盧各切
Baxter	tsjenX	lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇnX/	/lɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛnX/	/lɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjænX/	/lɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sianX/	/lak̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛnX/	/lɑk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛnX/	/lɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛnX/	/lɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎn	luò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin2	lok6

Verb

剪落

1. Alternative form of 翦落 (jiǎnluò, “to shave off one's hair to become a Buddhist monk or nun; to eliminate”)

   • 盡出花鈿與四鄰，雲鬟剪落厭殘春。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     尽出花钿与四邻，云鬟剪落厌残春。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 楊郇伯 Yang Xunbo《送妓人出家》"Seeing off the courtesan leaving her home to become a nun", in 全唐詩 Complete Tang Poetry.

     Jìnchū huādiàn yǔ sìlín, yúnhuán jiǎnluò yàn cánchūn. [Pinyin]

     She gave away all her head-ornaments to her neighbors; she shaved off her cloud-like hair, for she grew tired of her waning prime.

   • 親近讒慝，剪落皇枝，宋氏之業，自此衰矣。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     亲近谗慝，剪落皇枝，宋氏之业，自此衰矣。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shen Yue, Book of Song, 492-493 CE

     Qīnjìn chántè, jiǎnluò huángzhī, sòngshì zhī yè, zìcǐ shuāi yǐ. [Pinyin]

     (Emperor Ming) was close to pernicious slanderers and he eliminated other imperial branches; the Song lineage's achievement would dwindle thenceforth.