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Chinese
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to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
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a boat; vessel; ship
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落
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船
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| simp. #(落船)
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落
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船
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Pronunciation
Verb
落⫽船 (verb-object)
- (dialectal, including Southern Min) to disembark; to get off a ship
- (Cantonese, Southern Min) to embark; to get on a ship
1877, Donald Bruce, “Lesson 44”, in Easy Phrases in the Canton Dialect of the Chinese Language, 2nd edition, San Francisco: Bruce's Printing House:
- 你幾時落船／你几时落船 [Cantonese] ― nei5 gei2 si4 lok6 syun4 ― When do you go on board?
1899, 馬可福音：中西字, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 29:
耶穌就催門生落船、先過個便岸、到伯賽大、等待自己散嘵衆人。 [Cantonese, trad.]
耶稣就催门生落船、先过个便岸、到伯赛大、等待自己散哓众人。 [Cantonese, simp.]- je4 sou1 zau6 ceoi1 mun4 sang1 lok6 syun4, sin1 gwo3 go3 bin6 ngon6, dou3 baak3 coi3 daai6, dang2 doi6 zi6 gei2 saan3 hiu1 zung3 jan4.
- And straightaway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to load cargo onto a ship
Synonyms
- (to disembark): 下船 (xiàchuán)
- (to embark): 上船 (shàngchuán); (dialectal) 下船 (xiàchuán)
- (to load cargo): 上貨／上货 (shànghuò); (Hokkien) 落貨／落货, 落水