落花

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (落花)		落	花
simp. #(落花)		落	花

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòhuā

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ faa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-fâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lak-hoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòhuā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòhua
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-hua¹
    • Yale: lwò-hwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohhua
    • Palladius: лохуа (loxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ faa¹
    • Yale: lohk fā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ faa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² faː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-fâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: log fa^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ fa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ fa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lak-hoe
    • Tâi-lô: lak-hue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lakhoef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚³²⁻⁵ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ hue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ hue⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: lak xwae

Rime
Character	落	花
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	盧各切	呼瓜切
Baxter	lak	xwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/	/hˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/	/hʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/	/xua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/	/hwaɨ/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/	/xua/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/	/xwa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/	/xwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò	huā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lok6	faa1

Noun

落花

1. (literary) fallen flower petals; falling blossoms

Synonyms

• (literary) 紅粉／红粉 (hóngfěn)
• (literary) 落英 (luòyīng)

Derived terms

• 打了個落花流水 / 打了个落花流水
• 流水落花
• 落花媒人
• 落花有意，流水無情 / 落花有意，流水无情 (luòhuā yǒuyì, liúshuǐ wúqíng)
• 落花流水 (luòhuāliúshuǐ)
• 落花生 (luòhuāshēng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (落花):

• → Japanese: 落花(らっか) (rakka)
• → Korean: 락화(落花) (rakhwa), 낙화(落花) (nakhwa)