落臺

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (落臺/落台)		落	臺/台
simp. (落台)		落	台

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ toi⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): log⁶ toi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-tâi

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ toi⁴
    • Yale: lohk tòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ toi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² tʰɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: log⁶ toi²
    • Sinological IPA: /lɔk̚⁵ tʰoɪ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-tâi
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-tâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqdaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tai²³/

Verb

落⫽臺 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, literally) to go off stage
2. (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, figurative) to step down (from office); to fall from a position of prestige
3. (Cantonese, Southern Min, figurative) to get out of a predicament or an embarrassing situation

Synonyms

• (to go off stage): 下臺／下台 (xiàtái), 下臺階／下台阶 (xià táijiē)
• (to step down from office): 下臺／下台 (xiàtái)
• (to get out of a predicament): 下臺／下台 (xiàtái), 下臺階／下台阶 (xià táijiē)

References

• “Entry #13818”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.