落地生根

Chinese

		to fall to the ground; to land	to take root; to take root; to become established
trad. (落地生根)		落地	生根
simp. #(落地生根)		落地	生根

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòdìshēnggēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄕㄥ ㄍㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ dei⁶ saang¹ gan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòdìshēnggēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄕㄥ ㄍㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòdìshenggen
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-ti⁴-shêng¹-kên¹
    • Yale: lwò-dì-shēng-gēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohdihshenggen
    • Palladius: лодишэнгэнь (lodišɛngɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ dei⁶ saang¹ gan¹
    • Yale: lohk deih sāang gān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ dei⁶ saang¹ gan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ déi⁶ sang¹ gen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² tei̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

落地生根

1. to settle permanently (after moving to a new city/country)

Noun

落地生根

1. (botany) air plant; life plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum)

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 刀藥／刀药, 銃刀藥／铳刀药, 鼓仔燈／鼓仔灯, 新娘燈／新娘灯, 大疔癀