落馬

See also: 落马

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	horse; surname
trad. (落馬)		落	馬
simp. (落马)		落	马

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ maa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòmǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-ma³
    • Yale: lwò-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohmaa
    • Palladius: лома (loma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 落馬 / 落马 駱馬 / 骆马

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ maa⁵
    • Yale: lohk máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² maː¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 落馬 / 落马 駱馬 / 骆马

Verb

落馬

1. (literal) to fall from one's horse

   Synonyms: 墜馬 / 坠马 (zhuìmǎ), 墮馬 / 堕马 (duòmǎ), (literary) 下馬 / 下马 (xiàmǎ)

2. (figurative)
   1. to come a cropper; to suffer a defeat
   2. to be caught; to get arrested; to be sacked; (of a government official) to be ousted (over corruption or sexual scandals)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-bé

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-bé
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqbea
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ be⁴¹/

Verb

落馬

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to dismount from one's horse
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to be welcomed with a feast or a play upon coming back from a trip

Synonyms

• (to dismount from one's horse): (literary) 下馬／下马 (xiàmǎ)