寥落

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Chinese

empty; lonesome; very few to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
trad. (寥落)
simp. #(寥落)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (37) (37) (37)
Final () (93) (127) (103)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () IV IV I
Fanqie
Baxter lew lek lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leu/ /lek̚/ /lɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/leu/ /lek̚/ /lɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/leu/ /lɛk̚/ /lɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛw/ /lɛjk̚/ /lak̚/
Li
Rong
/leu/ /lek̚/ /lɑk̚/
Wang
Li
/lieu/ /liek̚/ /lɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lieu/ /liek̚/ /lɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liáo luò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
liu4 lik6 lok6

Adjective

寥落

  1. few and far between; sparse; scattered