落
luòlàlào HSK3

fall

落 luò frequency
fall verb
to fall or drop downward

几片枯叶悄悄落在平静的水面上。

jǐ piàn kū​yè qiāo​qiāo luò zài píng​jìng de shuǐ​miàn shàng.

A few withered leaves fell quietly onto the calm surface of the water.

rest verb
to fall onto, rest with, or a place of settlement or whereabouts

小鸟落在电线杆上。

xiǎo​niǎo luò zài diàn​xiàn​gān shàng.

A bird perched on the utility pole.

set verb
of the sun to set or of a tide to go out

太阳落山时，景色非常迷人。

tài​yang luò shān shí, jǐng​sè fēi​cháng mí​rén.

The scenery is enchanting when the sun sets behind the mountains.

decline verb
to lower, decline, or sink in level or value

这几天的气温落了一点儿。

zhè jǐ tiān de qì​wēn luò le yì​diǎn'ér.

The temperature has dropped a little over the last few days.

lag verb
to lag or fall behind others

在这个科技时代，谁不创新谁就会落于人后。

zài zhè gè kē​jì shí​dài, shéi bù chuàng​xīn shéi jiù huì luò yú rén​hòu.

In this technological age, those who do not innovate will fall behind.

receive verb
to get or receive a result or reaction

他没把工作做好，落了一身不是。

tā méi bǎ gōng​zuò zuò hǎo, luò le yī shēn bù​shi.

He didn't do his job well and ended up taking all the blame.

write down noun
to write down or record in writing

这幅画上没有落款。

zhè fú huà shàng méi​yǒu luò kuǎn.

There is no signature on this painting.

落 là
leave behind verb
to forget to bring or accidentally leave something somewhere

我把雨伞落在公交车上了。

wǒ bǎ yǔ​sǎn là zài gōng​jiāo​chē shàng le.

I left my umbrella on the bus.

lag behind verb
to fall behind or fail to keep up with others

他没吃早饭，跑了几圈就落到后面了。

tā méi chī zǎo​fàn, pǎo le jǐ quān jiù là dào hòu​mian le.

He skipped breakfast, so he fell behind after running a few laps.

omit verb
to leave out or skip over something inadvertently

这篇文章里落了几个字。

zhè piān wén​zhāng lǐ là le jǐ gè zì.

A few words have been left out of this article.

落 lào
fall (colloquial) verb
colloquial reading for 落 luò in certain compounds

他昨晚睡觉姿势不对，今天落枕了。

tā zuó​wǎn shuì​jiào zī​shì bù duì, jīn​tiān lào zhěn le.

He slept in the wrong position last night and woke up with a stiff neck today.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
496th most common 427.1 per million
Movie subtitles
637th most common 214.4 per million appears in 59% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
51.7 per million appears in 21% of films
Written text
102.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+843D

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)