Chinese word dictionary

落伍

luò wǔ · to fall behind the ranks; to be outdated

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Word information

Simplified落伍

Traditional落伍

Pinyinluò wǔ

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

落luò

to fall, to drop; surplus, net income

伍wǔ

five, company of five; troops

How to learn 落伍

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

降落jiàngluò

to descend; to land

落luò

to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement

队伍duìwu

ranks; troops; queue; line; procession; CL:個|个[ge4],支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]

角落jiǎoluò

corner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook

落地luòdì

to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; to be born; (of a plane) to land

落后luòhòu

to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress