粵

落lok6水seoi2

lok6 seoi2luo4shui3luò shuǐ

English

  1. to fall into water
  2. (dialect) Raining
  3. to sink
  4. overboard
  5. fig. to degenerate
  6. to sink (into depravity)
  7. to go to the dogs
  8. to rain; used in Malaysian Cantonese; also in some other Cantonese varieties eg. Szeyup; literally, falling water
  9. to fall into water
  10. to be dragged into; to be forced to join a task

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 落雨;馬來西亞粵語詞彙;部分粵語方言例如四邑方言都會咁講
  2. 跌落水
  3. 引伸指被牽連、連累、被逼參與一件事務

Examples

  • 佢沊一聲跌咗落水

    He fell into the water with a splash.

    Tatoeba · LeeSooHa CC BY

  • 佢沊一聲跌咗落水。

    He fell into the water with a splash.

    Tatoeba · LeeSooHa CC BY

  • 拖埋你落水真係唔好意思呀。

    I'm sorry you got dragged into this.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 落水冇鐳買麵包,借鐳又畀車叔鬧

    When it rained, I didn't have money to buy bread. When I borrowed money, I was cheated.

    Tatoeba · LeeSooHa CC BY

  • 如果你行路唔帶眼,一陣間你就會跌落水㗎喇。

    If you don't watch out, you'll soon fall in the water.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 一腳踏兩船,最後跌落水。

    Tatoeba · tigro1973 CC BY

  • 落水狗

    a dog falling into water ----

  • 估唔到連你都要落水搞呢單嘢。

    I didn't expect you will be dragged into this mess.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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