落車

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (落車)		落	車
simp. (落车)		落	车

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòchē

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ ce¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): lŏ̤h-chiă^→giă
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lo⁷ cia¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-chhia

  (Teochew, Peng'im): loh⁸ cia¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸loq-tsho; ⁸loq ¹tsho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòchē
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòche
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-chʻê¹
    • Yale: lwò-chē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohche
    • Palladius: лочэ (ločɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ ce¹
    • Yale: lohk chē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ tse¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ cé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lŏ̤h-chiă^→giă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃oʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ia⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lo⁷ cia¹ [Phonetic: lo⁵ lia¹]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: leo̍h-chia
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lo¹³⁻¹¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)lia⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lo⁷ cia¹ [Phonetic: lo⁵ lia¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lo²⁴⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)lia⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-chhia
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-tshia
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqchiaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sʰia³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: loh⁸ cia¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍h tshia
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʔ⁴⁻² t͡sʰia³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸loq-tsho; ⁸loq ¹tsho
    • MiniDict: loh^入 tsho; loh^入 tsho^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵loq-tsho; ⁵loq ¹tsho
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /loʔ¹¹ t͡sʰo²³/, /loʔ²²  t͡sʰo⁵³/

Note: dated in Shanghai.

Verb

落⫽車 (verb-object)

1. (dialectal) to get out of a carriage or chariot; to exit a vehicle
2. (Cantonese) to sell real estate, especially the one the seller resides

Synonyms

• (to exit a vehicle): 下車／下车 (xiàchē)

Further reading

• “落車”, 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.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
落	車
らく Grade: 3	しゃ Grade: 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟ɕa̠]

Noun

落(らく)車(しゃ) • (rakusha) 

1. falling down from a two-wheeled vehicle or a bicycle

Related terms

• 落(らく)馬(ば) (rakuba): falling down from a horse

Verb

落(らく)車(しゃ)する • (rakusha suru) suru (stem 落(らく)車(しゃ)し (rakusha shi), past 落(らく)車(しゃ)した (rakusha shita))

1. to fall down from a two-wheeled vehicle or a bicycle

Conjugation

Conjugation of "落車する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	落車し	らくしゃし	rakusha shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	落車し	らくしゃし	rakusha shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	落車する	らくしゃする	rakusha suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	落車する	らくしゃする	rakusha suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	落車すれ	らくしゃすれ	rakusha sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	落車せよ¹ 落車しろ²	らくしゃせよ¹ らくしゃしろ²	rakusha seyo¹ rakusha shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	落車される	らくしゃされる	rakusha sareru
Causative	落車させる 落車さす	らくしゃさせる らくしゃさす	rakusha saseru rakusha sasu
Potential	落車できる	らくしゃできる	rakusha dekiru
Volitional	落車しよう	らくしゃしよう	rakusha shiyō
Negative	落車しない	らくしゃしない	rakusha shinai
Negative continuative	落車せず	らくしゃせず	rakusha sezu
Formal	落車します	らくしゃします	rakusha shimasu
Perfective	落車した	らくしゃした	rakusha shita
Conjunctive	落車して	らくしゃして	rakusha shite
Hypothetical conditional	落車すれば	らくしゃすれば	rakusha sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
落	車

Noun

落車 • (nakcha) (hangeul 낙차)

1. hanja form^? of 낙차 (“falling down from a two-wheeled vehicle or a bicycle”)