落地生根

Chinese

		to fall to the ground; to land	to take root
simp. and trad. (落地生根)		落地	生根

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): luòdì shēnggēn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄕㄥㄍㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lok⁶ dei⁶ saang¹ gan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: luòdì shēnggēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄕㄥㄍㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luohdih shenggen
  - IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lok⁶ dei⁶ saang¹ gan¹
  - Yale: lohk deih sāang gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lok⁹ dei⁶ saang¹ gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: log⁶ déi⁶ sang¹ gen¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔːk̚² tei̯²² sɑːŋ⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

落地生根

to move to a new city/country and call it home

Noun

落地生根

(botany) air plant; life plant

Verb

落地生根

to put down roots

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