落魄

Chinese

Etymology 1

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	soul
trad. (落魄)		落	魄
simp. #(落魄)		落	魄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luòpò

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ paak³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-phak
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-phek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luòpò
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luòpò
    • Wade–Giles: lo⁴-pʻo⁴
    • Yale: lwò-pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohpoh
    • Palladius: лопо (lopo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lok⁶ paak³
    • Yale: lohk paak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ paak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ pag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² pʰaːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-phak
    • Hakka Romanization System: log pag^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ pag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ pʰak̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-phek
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍k-phik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: logpheg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² pʰiɪk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: lak thak

Rime
Character	落	魄
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	盧各切	他各切
Baxter	lak	thak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/	/tʰɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/	/tʰɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/	/tʰɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/	/tʰak̚/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/	/tʰɑk̚/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/	/tʰɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/	/tʰɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò	tuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lok6	tok3

Adjective

落魄

1. (literary) in dire straits; down and out; panic-stricken
2. untrammelled by convention; unconventional

Synonyms

• (in dire straits): 落拓 (luòtuò)

Derived terms

• 喪魂落魄 / 丧魂落魄
• 失神落魄
• 失魂落魄 (shīhúnluòpò)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 落魄 – see 落拓 (“in dire straits; down and out; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 落拓).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 落魄 – see 落泊 (“in dire straits; downtrodden; down and out; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 落泊).