落水

落⫽水 (verb-object)

1. (literary or dialectal) to fall into the water

   小心落水。  ―  Xiǎoxīn luòshuǐ.  ―  Warning — deep water.

2. (dialectal, including Cantonese, Min Nan) to go into the water
3. (dialectal, including Cantonese, Hakka, Gan, Shehua, Wu) to rain

   • 外背介落水聲不斷　你聽到咧麼 [Hailu Hakka, trad.]
     外背介落水声不断　你听到咧么 [Hailu Hakka, simp.]

     From: 2007, performed by 鄭朝方, lyrics by 葉國居 and 鄭朝方, 你聽到了嗎？

     ngo⁺ boiˇ geˇ log` shui´ shang` m ton`, ngi tangˇ doˇ le` mo [Taiwanese Hakka Romanization System]

     The sound of the rain outside does not stop; do you hear it?

   • 天黑落水咗　妳問我係麼水啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     天黑落水咗　你问我系么水啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2013, 黃明志 (Namewee), 學廣東話 (Learn Cantonese)

     tin¹ hak¹ lok⁶ seoi² zo², nei⁵ man⁶ ngo⁵ hai⁶ mat¹ seoi² aa³? [Jyutping]

     [I said:] when it was dark, it rained. You asked me what on earth is that?

4. (Min Nan) to load cargo onto a ship
5. (figurative) to fall into a trap
6. (figurative) to sink into depravity
7. to soak cloth before making clothes

• (to rain):

• (to load cargo onto a ship): 上貨／上货 (shànghuò); (Min Nan) 落貨／落货, 落船
• (to sink to depravity): 墮落／堕落 (duòluò)

落水

1. (Min Nan) to draw water for irrigation

落水

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to shrink when soaked in water (of fabric)

• (Hokkien) 食水 (shíshuǐ), 束水, 燥水

落水 • (naksu) (hangeul 낙수)

1. Hanja form^? of 낙수 (“dripping water, trickling water; draining water from rice paddies”).