落波

Chinese

		to fall; to drop; to come down	ball, (Hong Kong Cantonese) typhoon signal; gearbox, transmission
trad. (落波)		落	波
simp. ^#(落波)		落	波
Literally: “to lower the ball (typhoon signal); to shift down gears”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ bo¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ bo¹
  - Yale: lohk bō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ bo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ bo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² pɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

落波

(Hong Kong Cantonese) to have a typhoon warning signal cancelled
(Cantonese, automotive) to downshift
Synonyms: 降擋／降挡 (jiàngdǎng), 降檔／降档

Antonym: 上波

See also

風球／风球 (fēngqiú, “tropical cyclone warning signal”)

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