落地

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (落地)		落	地
simp. ^#(落地)		落	地

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luòdì, làodì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ, ㄌㄠˋ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ dei⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-thi
Eastern Min (BUC): lŏ̤h-*dê / lŏ̤h-dê
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-tē / lo̍k-tōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, literary, standard)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luòdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luòdì
  - Wade–Giles: lo⁴-ti⁴
  - Yale: lwò-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohdih
  - Palladius: лоди (lodi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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- (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: làodì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˋ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: làodì
  - Wade–Giles: lao⁴-ti⁴
  - Yale: làu-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lawdih
  - Palladius: лаоди (laodi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ dei⁶
  - Yale: lohk deih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ dei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ déi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² tei̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-thi
  - Hakka Romanization System: log ti
  - Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ ti⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lŏ̤h-*dê / lŏ̤h-dê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃oʔ⁵⁻²¹ tɛi²⁴²/, /l̃oʔ⁵⁻²¹ ^(t-)lɛi²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-tē
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k-tē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: logde
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² te³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ te²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² te⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² te²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-tōe
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k-tuē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: logdoe
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² tue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² tue²²/

Verb

落⫽地 (verb-object)

to fall to the ground
落地燈／落地灯 ― luòdìdēng ― floor lamp

心裡一塊石頭落了地。 [MSC, trad.]
心里一块石头落了地。 [MSC, simp.]
Xīnlǐ yī kuài shítou luò le dì. [Pinyin]
That's a load off my mind. (lit. "a stone in my heart fell to the ground")
(of an airplane) to land
落地簽證／落地签证 ― luòdì qiānzhèng ― visa granted on arrival; landing visa
(figurative) to be born
(figurative) to implement; to put into effect; to carry out
(Eastern Min, without consonant assimilation, of a fire) to be put out
(Cantonese, mahjong, of a player's tiles) to be revealed by being turned face up

Synonyms

(to land): 著地／着地 (zhuódì), 著陸／着陆 (zhuólù)
(to be born):

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出世 (chūshì) (literary or dialectal)
出生 (chūshēng)
生人 (shēngrén) (of a person)
誕生 / 诞生 (dànshēng) (of a person)
降世 (jiàngshì) (especially of an important figure)
降生 (jiàngshēng) (especially of an important figure)

(to implement):

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來到 / 来到 (láidào)
執行 / 执行 (zhíxíng)
奉行 (fèngxíng)
實施 / 实施 (shíshī)
實現 / 实现 (shíxiàn)
實行 / 实行 (shíxíng)
實踐 / 实践 (shíjiàn)
履行 (lǚxíng)
採取 / 采取 (cǎiqǔ)
推行 (tuīxíng)
操作 (cāozuò)
啟動 / 启动 (qǐdòng)
施
施行 (shīxíng)
施設 / 施设 (shīshè) (literary)
服行 (fúxíng) (literary)
落實 / 落实 (luòshí)
貫徹 / 贯彻 (guànchè)
踐行 / 践行 (jiànxíng) (literary)

Derived terms

人頭落地 / 人头落地
噹啷落地 / 当啷落地
落地幫 / 落地帮
落地式
落地扇 (luòdìshàn)
落地燈 / 落地灯 (luòdìdēng)
落地生根 (luòdìshēnggēn)
落地窗 (luòdìchuāng)
落地簽 / 落地签 (luòdìqiān)
落地簽證 / 落地签证 (luòdì qiānzhèng)
落地罩

Adverb

落地

(Eastern Min, with consonant assimilation) originally