落塗

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	to smear; daub
trad. (落塗)		落	塗
simp. (落涂)		落	涂
alternative forms		落土

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-thô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): loh⁸ tou⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-thô͘
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-thôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqtoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰɔ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: loh⁸ tou⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍h thôu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʔ⁴⁻² tʰou⁵⁵/

Verb

落塗

1. (Hokkien, Teochew) to sow seeds
2. (Hokkien) to bury; to inter
3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to fall to the ground
4. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) to be born
   • 1989, 蔡振南 [Tsai Chen-nan] (lyrics and music), “金包銀”, in 金包銀, performed by 蔡秋鳳 [Kerris Tsai]:

     怪阮的落土時遇著歹八字 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     怪阮的落土时遇着歹八字 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     koài gún ê lo̍h-thô͘ sî tú-tio̍h pháiⁿ poeh-lī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     It is because when I was born, I got a bad set of eight characters [for my birthdate].

5. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to step on the ground; to stand on one's feet; to land

Synonyms

• (to sow):

Dialectal synonyms of 播種 (“to sow seeds”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		下種
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		播種, 撒種, 下種, 下子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	播種, 撒種
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	下種, 播種
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	下種
	Xuzhou	下種
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	撒種
	Lanzhou	下子, 下種
	Ürümqi	下種
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	播種, 撒種
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	播種, 撒種
	Yangzhou	下種, 播種
Cantonese	Guangzhou	落種
	Hong Kong	播種
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	下種, 落種
	Macau	落種
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	落種
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	撒秧
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	撒秧
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	落種
	Foshan	播種
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	落種
	Foshan (Shunde)	落種
	Foshan (Sanshui)	下種
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	下秧
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	下種
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	下種
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	落種
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	下種
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	下秧
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	下秧
	Taishan	下秧
	Kaiping (Chikan)	下秧
	Enping (Niujiang)	下秧
	Heshan (Yayao)	下秧
	Dongguan	落種
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	下秧
Gan	Lichuan	下種
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	下秧, 下種
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	下種
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	下種, 下穀種
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	落穀
Jin	Taiyuan	種子子
	Xinzhou	滴子兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	下種, 撒種
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	䆊種
Southern Min	Xiamen	掖種, 放種, 落種, 落塗
	Quanzhou	掖種, 掖子, 落種, 落塗
	Zhangzhou	掖種, 掖子, 放子, 落種, 落塗
	Tainan	掖種
	Jieyang	掖種, 落塗
	Haikou	掖種
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	下秧
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	撒種
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	下種子
	Hangzhou	下種
	Wenzhou	間種
Xiang	Changsha	下種

• (to bury):

edit

• 下葬 (xiàzàng)
• 入土 (rùtǔ)
• 埋葬 (máizàng)
• 埋藏 (máicáng)
• 安厝 (āncuò) (literary, or Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 安土 (Hokkien)
• 安葬 (ānzàng)
• 掩埋 (yǎnmái)
• 葬 (zàng)
• 落葬 (luòzàng)

 

Derived terms

• 雞屎落塗也有三寸煙 / 鸡屎落涂也有三寸烟