# 落去
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): lok$^6$ heoi$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo̍k-hi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h--khì / lo̍h--khìr / lo̍h--khù / loeh
    (Teochew, Peng'im): loh$^8$ ke$^3$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lok$^6$ heoi$^3$
*** Yale: lohk heui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lok$^9$ hoey$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: log$^6$ hêu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɔːk̚² hɵy̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo̍k-hi
*** Hakka Romanization System: log hi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: log$^6$ hi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /lok̚⁵ hi⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h--khì
*** Tâi-lô: lo̍h--khì
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h--khìr
*** Tâi-lô: lo̍h--khìr
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h--khù
*** Tâi-lô: lo̍h--khù
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: loeh
*** Tâi-lô: lueh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loeq
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lueʔ³²/
* 落 is in the citation tone and 去 is toneless when 落去 is at the end of a phrase;
* both 落 and 去 are toneless as a complement;
* both 落 and 去 undergo tone sandhi when the 落去 is not at the end of a phrase;
* loeh - contraction (often written as 落).

### Verb

落去
* (Cantonese, Southern Min) to go down
* (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) Used as a complement to a verb and placed after it:
** down (indicating motion to a lower or farther position)
    行落去 [Cantonese] ― haang$^4$ lok$^6$ heoi$^3$ [Jyutping] ― to walk down
** on (to continue; to go on)
    拚落去 [Hokkien] ― piàⁿ--lo̍h-khì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to strive on
    繼續做落去／继续做落去 [Cantonese] ― gai$^3$ zuk$^6$ zou$^6$ lok$^6$ heoi$^3$ [Jyutping] ― to keep on doing something
** (Cantonese) on (figurative placement, burden, or attachment)
       bei$^2$ sam$^1$ gei$^1$ lok$^6$ heoi$^3$ zou$^6$ [Jyutping]
       to put effort into doing something
       saai$^1$ cin$^4$ lok$^6$ heoi$^3$ hok$^6$ jing$^1$ man$^{4-2}$ [Jyutping]
       to waste money on learning English
* (Hakka) to go in; to enter (towards oneself)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 下去 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 下去 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 下去 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 下去 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 落去 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 落去 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 落去 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 下去 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 落去 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 下去 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 下去 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 下去 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 落去 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 下去 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 落去 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 下去 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 落去 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 落去 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 落去 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 落去 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 落去 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 落去 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 落去 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 落去 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 落去 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 落去 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 落去 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 落去 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 下去 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 走落 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 進去 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 進去 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 進去 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 進去 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 進去 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 入去 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 入去 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 入去 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 進去 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 入去 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 落去, 入去 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 入去 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 落去, 入去 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 入去 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 落去, 入去 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 入去 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 進去 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 進去 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 入去 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 入去 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 入去 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 入去 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 入去 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 入去 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 入去 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 入去 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 入去 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 入去 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 入去 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 入去 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 入去 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 入去 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 進底 |
* (on (figurative placement, burden, or attachment)): 落

### References

* (Min Nan) “Entry #9923”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.