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落差

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Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	differ from; short of; to lack differ from; short of; to lack; poor; send; a messenger; a mission; to commission; uneven; difference; discrepancy; to differ; error; to err; to make a mistake
trad. (落差)		落	差
simp. ^#(落差)		落	差

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luòchā

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ caa¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍k-chha / lo̍h-chha

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: luòchā
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: luòcha
  - Wade–Giles: lo⁴-chʻa¹
  - Yale: lwò-chā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohcha
  - Palladius: лоча (loča)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ caa¹
  - Yale: lohk chā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ tsaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ ca¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍k-chha
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍k-tsha
  - Phofsit Daibuun: logzhaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰa³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-chha
  - Tâi-lô: lo̍h-tsha
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loiqzhaf
  - IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰa⁴⁴/

Noun

落差

(geography) drop in elevation (of a waterfall, between two points in the course of a river, etc.)
head drop (in hydroelectric power plants)
(figurative) discrepancy (typically between reality and one's expectations); gap

Synonyms

(discrepancy):

不同 (bùtóng)
不同之處／不同之处 (bùtóng zhī chù)
出入 (chūrù)
分別／分别 (fēnbié)
分界線／分界线 (fēnjièxiàn) (figurative)
區別／区别 (qūbié)
差分 (chāfēn)
差別／差别 (chābié)
差異／差异 (chāyì)
差等 (cīděng) (literary)
差距 (chājù)
精差 (Hokkien)
誤差／误差 (wùchā)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
落	差
らく Grade: 3	さ Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) らくさ [ráꜜkùsà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟sa̠]

Noun

落(らく)差(さ) • (rakusa) ^{←らくさ (rakusa)^?}

(geography) drop in elevation (of a waterfall, between two points in the course of a river, etc.)
discrepancy

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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