Chinese word dictionary

角落

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

Practice word

Word information

Simplified角落

Traditional角落

Pinyinjiǎoluò

Part of speech名

HSK 3.06

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

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

角jiǎo

angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped

落luò

to fall, to drop; surplus, net income

How to learn 角落

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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Words with the same characters

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角jiǎo

angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime); CL:個|个[ge4]

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

角度jiǎodù

angle; point of view

角色juésè

role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]

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