落水
lok6 seoi2luo4shui3luò shuǐ
English
- to fall into water
- (dialect) Raining
- to sink
- overboard
- fig. to degenerate
- to sink (into depravity)
- to go to the dogs
- to rain; used in Malaysian Cantonese; also in some other Cantonese varieties eg. Szeyup; literally, falling water
- to fall into water
- to be dragged into; to be forced to join a task
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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
- 跌落水
- 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