# 落塗
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-thô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): loh$^8$ tou$^5$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): lo$^6$ teu$^5$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-thô͘
*** Tâi-lô: lo̍h-thôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loiqtoo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tʰɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lo(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tʰɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tʰɔ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: loh$^8$ tou$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍h thôu
*** Sinological IPA : /loʔ⁴⁻² tʰou⁵⁵/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: lo$^6$ teu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /lɔ³³ tʰɛu²²/

### Verb

落塗
* (Hokkien, Teochew) to sow seeds
* (Hokkien, Leizhou Min) to bury; to inter
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to fall to the ground
* (Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) to be born
** 1989, 蔡振南 [Tsai Chen-nan] (lyrics and music), “金包銀”, in 金包銀, performed by 蔡秋鳳 [Kerris Tsai]:
       koài gún ê lo̍h-thô͘ sî tú-tio̍h pháiⁿ poeh-lī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       It is because when I was born, I got a bad set of eight characters [for my birthdate].
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to step on the ground; to stand on one's feet; to land

#### Synonyms

* (to sow):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 下種 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 播種, 撒種, 下種, 下子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 播種, 撒種 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 下種, 播種 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 下種 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 下種 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 撒種 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 下子, 下種 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 下種 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 播種, 撒種 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 播種, 撒種 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 下種, 播種 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 播種 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 下種, 落種 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 撒秧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 撒秧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 播種 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 下種 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 下秧 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 下種 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 下種 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 下種 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 下秧 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 下秧 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 下秧 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 下秧 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 下秧 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 下秧 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 落種 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 下秧 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 下種 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 下秧, 下種 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 下種 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 下種, 下穀種 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 落穀 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 種子子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 滴子兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 下種, 撒種 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 䆊種 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 掖種, 放種, 落種, 落塗 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 掖種, 掖子, 落種, 落塗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 掖種, 掖子, 放子, 落種, 落塗 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 掖種 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 掖種, 落塗 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 掖種 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 下秧 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 撒種 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 下種子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 下種 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 間種 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 下種 |
* (to bury):
* 下葬 (xiàzàng)
* 入土 (rùtǔ)
* 埋葬 (máizàng)
* 埋藏 (máicáng)
* 安厝 (āncuò) (literary, or Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 安土 (Hokkien)
* 安葬 (ānzàng)
* 掩埋 (yǎnmái)
* 葬 (zàng)
* 落葬 (luòzàng)

#### Derived terms

* 雞屎落塗也有三寸煙 / 鸡屎落涂也有三寸烟