落話

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (落話)		落	話
simp. (落话)		落	话

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): làu-ōe

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làu-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: làu-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lao'oe
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/

Verb

落話

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to have a slip of the tongue; to let slip an inadvertent remark
(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to coax a secret from (or out of) someone; to trick someone into telling the truth

Synonyms

(to have a slip of the tongue):

失口 (shīkǒu)
失言 (shīyán)
失語／失语 (shīyǔ) (literary)
漏喙 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
漏嘴 (lòuzuǐ)
漏話／漏话 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
甪喙 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
脫喙／脱喙 (Hokkien)
落口 (Xiamen Hokkien)
落喙 (Hokkien)
說漏嘴／说漏嘴 (shuō lòuzuǐ)
走嘴 (zǒuzuǐ)

(to trick someone into telling the truth): 套話／套话 (tàohuà)

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