落泊

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	to anchor; touch at; to moor
trad. (落泊)		落	泊
simp. #(落泊)		落	泊
alternative forms		落魄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòbó

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ bok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-po̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòbó
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-po²
    • Yale: lwò-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohbor
    • Palladius: лобо (lobo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ bok⁶
    • Yale: lohk bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² pɔːk̚²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 落泊 落雹

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-po̍h
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-po̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqpoih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ poʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² poʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ poʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ poʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pɤʔ⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: lak bak

Rime
Character	落	泊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	盧各切	傍各切
Baxter	lak	bak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/	/bwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/	/bʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/	/buɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/	/bwak̚/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/	/buɑk̚/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/	/buɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/	/bʱwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò	bó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lok6	bok6

Adjective

落泊

1. (formal) in dire straits; downtrodden; down and out
2. (formal) untrammelled by convention; casual; unconventional

Synonyms

• (in dire straits): 潦倒 (liáodǎo); (Hokkien) 落災／落灾, 塌斥