堕落 (duòluò) · to degenerate

堕落 (duòluò) means “to degenerate; to go bad”. It is written with 2 characters: 堕 (to drop) + 落 (to fall). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).

How 堕落 is built

What 堕 is made of

陏duò — to accompany
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
  - 丨 — vertical stroke
- 有yǒu — to have
  - 月yuè — moon; month
土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
  - 一 — horizontal stroke
  - 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke

What 落 is made of

艹cǎo — grass
洛luò — a river in the Shanxi province
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 各gè — each
  - 夂zhǐ — to go
  - 口kǒu — mouth

Origin hint: 艹 gives the meaning, 洛 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

他后来改了，没有继续堕落下去。Tā hòulái gǎi le, méiyǒu jìxù duòluò xiaqu.He changed later and didn't keep going downhill.

父母担心孩子交坏朋友而堕落。Fùmǔ dānxīn háizi jiāo huài péngyou ér duòluò.Parents worry their child will go bad through bad friends.

What does 堕落 mean?

堕落 (duòluò) means “to degenerate; to go bad”.

How do you pronounce 堕落?

堕落 is pronounced duòluò.

Which HSK level is 堕落?

堕落 is in Old HSK 6.

Learn 堕落 with its group

It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 49: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.