落 (luò): to fall, to drop
落 (luò) is a Chinese character meaning “to fall, to drop.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 洛 (phonetic). It ranks #496 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 落 plant. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- to fall, to drop
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 落
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 降落verb | jiàng luò | to descend | 4 |
| 角落noun | jiǎo luò | corner (of a room, courtyard etc) | 6 |
| 落后verb/adjective | luò hòu | to fall behind | 6 |
| 落地verb | luò dì | to fall to the ground | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 部落noun | bù luò | tribe |
| 堕落verb | duò luò | to degrade |
| 下落 | xià luò | whereabouts |
| 日落noun | rì luò | sundown |
| 失落adjective | shī luò | to lose (sth) |
| 坠落verb | zhuì luò | to fall |
| 落入verb | luò rù | to fall into |
| 降落伞noun | jiàng luò sǎn | parachute |
| 低落verb | dī luò | downcast |
| 击落verb | jī luò | to shoot down (a plane) |
| 水落石出 | shuǐ luò shí chū | (lit.) as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) |
| 脱落verb | tuō luò | to drop off |
| 沦落verb | lún luò | to degenerate |
| 落伍verb | luò wǔ | to fall behind the ranks |
| 干净利落 | gān jìng lì luo | squeaky clean |
落 appears in 108 compound words: 38 as the first character, 59 as the last, and 3 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 落 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (32)
to conform to no conventional pattern; to depart from convention; to be unconventional or offbeat
(of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom); volatile; significant ups and downs
things naturally succeed once a suitable time has arrived and conditions are met
(of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom); volatile; significant ups and downs
Showing 12 of 32 idioms containing 落.
Example Sentences
秋天到了，树叶开始落下。
Qiūtiān dào le, shùyè kāishǐ luòxià.
Autumn has arrived; leaves are starting to fall.
8名中国游客在贝加尔湖落水,目前仅1人获救
míng zhōng guó yóu kè zài bèi jiā ěr hú luò shuǐ , mù qián jǐn rén huò jiù
Eight Chinese tourists fell into Lake Baikal, with only one rescued so far.
落地上海就过年,浦东机场打造多元场景“新年...
luò dì shàng hǎi jiù guò nián , pǔ dōng jī chǎng dǎ zào duō yuán chǎng jǐng xīn nián . . .
Land in Shanghai and the New Year begins—Pudong Airport creates diverse New Year scenes...
苏翊鸣回应颁奖仪式上落泪,只有金牌才能升国旗奏国歌..
sū 翊 míng huí yīng bān jiǎng yí shì shǎng luò lèi , zhī yǒu jīn pái cái néng shēng guó qí zòu guó gē . .
Su Yiming responded to the award ceremony in tears, only gold medals to raise the national flag and play the national anthem...
笑着起飞的苏翊鸣,落地后哭了
xiào zhe qǐ fēi de sū 翊 míng , luò dì hòu kū le
Su Yiming took off with a smile on his face, but cried when he landed.
南阳一马戏团女演员高空表演不慎坠落,目击者称其坚持..
nán yáng yī mǎ xì tuán nǚ yǎn yuán gāo kōng biǎo yǎn bù shèn zhuì luò , mù jī zhě chèn qí jiān chí . .
Nanyang, a circus performer accidentally fell from a high altitude performance, witnesses said it insisted...
你确定汤姆落后这个？
Nǐ quèdìng Tāngmǔ luòhòu zhège?
Are you sure that Tom is behind this?
一块岩石从上面落下。
Yī kuài yánshí cóng shàngmiàn luòxià.
A rock fell from above.
雨天让我情绪低落。
Yǔtiān ràng wǒ qíngxù dīluò.
Rainy days make me depressed.
房间的角落里整整齐齐地放着一叠书。
Fángjiān de jiǎoluò lǐ zhěngzhěng-qíqí de fàng zhe yī dié shū.
There was a neat pile of books in the corner of the room.
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