跌

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Translingual

Han character

跌 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口一竹手人 (RMHQO), four-corner 6513₀, composition ⿰𧾷失)

1. stumble, slip, fall down
2. stamp

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1223, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37450
• Dae Jaweon: page 1695, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3695, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8DCC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		跌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (失) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
眣	*ʔr'aːd, *l'iːɡ, *l̥ʰiɡ
蛈	*l̥ʰiːɡ
迭	*l'iːɡ
跌	*l'iːɡ
瓞	*l'iːɡ
昳	*l'iːɡ
胅	*l'iːɡ
軼	*l'iːɡ, *liɡ
苵	*l'iːɡ
镻	*l'iːɡ
詄	*l'iːɡ
泆	*l'iːɡ, *liɡ
趃	*l'iːɡ
柣	*sl̥ʰiːɡ, *l'iɡ
抶	*l̥ʰiɡ
秩	*l'iɡ
帙	*l'iɡ
紩	*l'iɡ
袠	*l'iɡ
翐	*l'iɡ
妷	*l'iɡ
失	*hliɡ
佚	*liɡ
劮	*liɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'iːɡ) : semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 失 (OC *hliɡ).

Etymology

Note similarities in the Old Chinese pronunciation to Burmese လဲ (lai:, “to fall down”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diē, dié

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝ, ㄉㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dit³ / daat³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tiet

  (Meixian, Guangdong): diêd⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): dieh⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): diĕ
• Eastern Min (BUC): diék
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tia̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diag⁸ / diêg⁸ / diag⁴ / diêg⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diē
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: die
    • Wade–Giles: tieh¹
    • Yale: dyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: die
    • Palladius: де (de)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dié
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dié
    • Wade–Giles: tieh²
    • Yale: dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
    • Palladius: де (de)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dit³ / daat³
    • Yale: dit / daat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dit⁸ / daat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: did³ / dad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːt̚³/, /taːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: died^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: diad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ti̯et̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: diêd⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tiɛt̚¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: dieh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tiəʔ²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: diĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛt̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diag⁸ / diêg⁸ / diag⁴ / diêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tia̍k / tie̍k / tiak / tiek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiak̚⁴/, /tiek̚⁴/, /tiak̚²/, /tiek̚²/

Note:

• diag8/diag4 - Shantou;
• diêg8/diêg4 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tiq
    • MiniDict: tih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tiɪʔ⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 跌
Mandarin	Beijing	/tiɛ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/tiɛ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/tie²¹/
	Jinan	/tiə²¹³/
	Qingdao	/tiə⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/tiɛ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/tiɛ²¹/
	Xining	/ti⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/tie¹³/
	Lanzhou	/tiə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/tiɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/tie²¹³/
	Chengdu	/tie³¹/
	Guiyang	/tie²¹/
	Kunming	/tiɛ³¹/
	Nanjing	/tieʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/tiɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/tiəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/tiʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/tiaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/tiɪʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/tiəʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/tiəʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/ti²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/teʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/tiɛ¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/tie²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/tʰie²¹/
Gan	Nanchang	/tiɛʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/tiet̚¹/
	Taoyuan	/tiet̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/tit̚³/
	Nanning	/tit̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/tit̚³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/tiat̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/tiɛʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/tiɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/tiak̚²/ /tiak̚⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tit̚⁵/ /tiak̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: det

Rime
Character	跌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒結切
Baxter	det
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/det̚/
Pan Wuyun	/det̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛt̚/
Li Rong	/det̚/
Wang Li	/diet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dit6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤi[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'iːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	跌
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	diē
Middle Chinese	‹ det ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁi[t]/
English	stumble
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	跌
Reading #	1/1
No.	11405
Phonetic component	失
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	姪
Old Chinese	/*l'iːɡ/

Definitions

跌

1. to fall down
2. (Cantonese, Hakka, transitive) to drop; to lose

   跌咗個荷包／跌咗个荷包 [Cantonese]  ―  dit³ zo² go³ ho⁴ baau¹ [Jyutping]  ―  dropped [my] wallet

   荷包跌撇了 [Meixian Hakka]  ―  Ho² bau¹ diêd⁵ pêd⁵ ê². [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]  ―  the wallet was lost

3. to fall (from the sky); to crash; to drop
4. (of price, stock) to fall; to drop

Synonyms

• (to fall down):

edit

• 倒下 (dǎoxià)
• 摔 (shuāi)
• 摔倒 (shuāidǎo)
• 橫落 / 横落 (Hakka)
• 甩 (dialectal Cantonese)
• 跌倒 (diēdǎo)

• (to fall from the sky): 墜落／坠落 (zhuìluò)

Compounds

• 七跌八撞
• 下跌 (xiàdiē)
• 回跌
• 大跌小漲 / 大跌小涨
• 打跌
• 捶胸跌腳 / 捶胸跌脚
• 捶胸跌足
• 撞跌
• 撲跌 / 扑跌
• 斑鳩跌彈 / 斑鸠跌弹
• 暴漲暴跌 / 暴涨暴跌
• 暴跌 (bàodiē)
• 淘澄飛跌 / 淘澄飞跌
• 滴羞跌屑
• 漲跌 / 涨跌 (zhǎngdiē)
• 狂跌
• 猛跌
• 班鳩跌彈 / 班鸠跌弹
• 絆跌 / 绊跌 (bàndiē)
• 跌交 (diējiāo)
• 跌份 (diēfèn)
• 跌倒 (diēdǎo)
• 跌停板
• 跌價 / 跌价 (diējià)
• 跌四平
• 跌宕 (diēdàng)
• 跌宕不羈 / 跌宕不羁
• 跌宕不群
• 跌宕昭彰
• 跌宕遒麗 / 跌宕遒丽
• 跌幅 (diēfú)
• 跌扑
• 跌打 (diēdǎ)
• 跌打損傷 / 跌打损伤 (diēdǎsǔnshāng)
• 跌根頭 / 跌根头
• 跌破 (diēpò)
• 跌破眼鏡 / 跌破眼镜
• 跌磕
• 跌窨
• 跌腳 / 跌脚
• 跌腳搥胸 / 跌脚捶胸
• 跌腳絆手 / 跌脚绊手
• 跌至谷底
• 跌落 (diēluò)
• 跌蕩 / 跌荡 (diēdàng)
• 跌蕩不羈 / 跌荡不羁
• 跌蕩放言 / 跌荡放言
• 跌親 / 跌亲
• 跌足 (diēzú)
• 跌跌不休 (diē diē bùxiū)
• 跌跌撞撞 (diēdiēzhuàngzhuàng)
• 跌跤 (diējiāo)
• 踠跌
• 蹉跌 (cuōdiē)
• 連跌帶爬 / 连跌带爬
• 驟跌 / 骤跌

Japanese

Kanji

跌

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to slip
2. to stumble

Readings

• Go-on: でち (dechi)
• Kan-on: てつ (tetsu)
• Kun: あやまつ (ayamatsu, 跌つ)、つまずく (tsumazuku, 跌く)

Compounds

• 蹉(さ)跌(てつ) (satetsu)

Korean

Hanja

跌 • (jil) (hangeul 질, revised jil, McCune–Reischauer chil, Yale cil)

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Vietnamese

Han character

跌: Hán Việt readings: điệt, trật
跌: Nôm readings: chợt, trượt, trớt, trặc, xớt, xợt, đột

1. Nôm form of trật (“to miss, to be incorrect, to dislocate”).
2. Nôm form of trượt (“to slip, to fail, to fall”).