落毛

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar
trad. (落毛)		落	毛
simp. #(落毛)		落	毛

Pronunciation 1

• Southern Min (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): lag⁴ mo⁵
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸loq-mau₆

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• Southern Min
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: lag⁴ mo⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /lak̚⁵ mɔ²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸loq-mau₆
    • MiniDict: loh^入 mau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵loq-mau₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /loʔ¹¹ mɔ²³/

Verb

落毛

1. (Hainanese, Leizhou Min) to lose hair
2. (Hainanese, Shanghainese) to molt; to shed feathers (of birds)

Synonyms

• (to lose hair): 掉髮／掉发 (diàofà), 脫髮／脱发 (tuōfà)
• (to molt): 脫羽／脱羽 (tuōyú); (Hokkien, Wu) 蛻毛／蜕毛; (Wu) 毻毛

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min

  (Teochew, Peng'im): loh⁸ mo⁵

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): lo⁶ mo⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: loh⁸ mo⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍h mô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʔ⁴⁻² mo⁵⁵/

Note: Chaozhou.

• • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: lo⁶ mo⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /lɔ³³ mɔ²²/

Verb

落毛

1. (Teochew, Leizhou Min, especially of a monk or nun) to shave one's head; to take the tonsure

Synonyms

• 削髮／削发 (xuēfà)