落花

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (落花)		落	花
simp. ^#(落花)		落	花

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luòhuā

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ faa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-fâ
Min Nan (POJ): lak-hoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luòhuā
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luòhua
  - Wade–Giles: lo⁴-hua¹
  - Yale: lwò-hwā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohhua
  - Palladius: лохуа (loxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lwɔ⁵¹ xwä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ faa¹
  - Yale: lohk fā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ faa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² faː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-fâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: log fa´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: log⁶ fa¹
  - Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ fa²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lak-hoe
  - Tâi-lô: lak-hue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lakhoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hue³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚³²⁻⁵ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ hue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lak̚³²⁻⁴ hue⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /lɑk̚ hˠua/

Rime
Character	落	花
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	唐 (103)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	盧各切	呼瓜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑk̚/	/hˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑk̚/	/hʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑk̚/	/xua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lak̚/	/hwaɨ/
Li Rong	/lɑk̚/	/xua/
Wang Li	/lɑk̚/	/xwa/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑk̚/	/xwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luò	huā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lok⁶	faa¹

Noun

落花

(literary) fallen flower petals; falling blossoms

Synonyms

(literary) 紅粉／红粉 (hóngfěn)
(literary) 落英 (luòyīng)

Derived terms

流水落花
落花媒人
落花流水 (luòhuāliúshuǐ)

落花生 (luòhuāshēng)
打了個落花流水／打了个落花流水
落花有意，流水無情／落花有意，流水无情 (luòhuā yǒuyì, liúshuǐ wúqíng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (落花):

→ Japanese: 落花(らっか) (rakka)
→ Korean: 락화(落花) (rakhwa), 낙화(落花) (nakhwa)

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