Chinese Word: 掉 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

掉HSK 4

Pinyin: diào

English Definition: to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

Chinese Definition:
①落下：掉泪。
②减损，消失：掉色。掉价儿。
③遗失，遗漏：这一行掉了两个字。
④回转(zhu僴)：掉头。掉转。
⑤摇摆，引申为卖弄，耍：掉文。掉俏。掉以轻心。掉臂而去。
⑥对换：掉包。掉换。
⑦落在后面：掉队。
⑧用在动词后表示动作完成：改掉。戒掉。

Synonym: 失

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 手

Pictophonetic: 卓 indicates the sound; 扌 (hand) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 扌 [ shǒu ] hand
- 卓 [ zhuō ] profound, lofty, brilliant

Similar Characters: 抻悼淖棹仲倬卓桌绰

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Example Words

丢掉	diū diào	to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away	HSK 4
忘掉	wàng diào	to forget
失掉	shī diào	to lose; to miss
掉头	diào tóu	to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about
掉以轻心	diào yǐ qīng xīn	treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard

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Example Sentences

1		nǐ 你 de 的 qián 钱 diào 掉 le 了。 You dropped your money.
2		yī 一 běn shū 本书 cóng 从 jià zi 架子 shàng 上 diào 掉 le 了 xià 下 lái 来。 A book tumbled off the shelf.
3		wǒ 我 de 的 māo mī 猫咪 yī 一 wén 闻 dào 到 xiǎo 小 gǒu 狗 shēn shàng 身上 de 的 qì wèi 气味 biàn 便 mǎ shàng 马上 tiào 跳 kāi 开 pǎo 跑 diào 掉 le 了。 My cat started off as soon as he smelt the little dog.
4		xiàn zài 现在 rú guǒ 如果 nǐ 你 lè yì 乐意， kě yǐ 可以 qù 去 diào 掉 xià biāo 下标。 Now you can drop the subscripts if you prefer.
5		xià kè 下课 hòu 后 tā 她 bǎ 把 xí tí 习题 cóng 从 hēi bǎn 黑板 shàng 上 cā 擦 diào 掉。 She rubbed the exercises off the blackboard after class.

More Sentences

1		nǐ 你 de 的 qián 钱 diào 掉 le 了。 You dropped your money.
2		yī 一 běn shū 本书 cóng 从 jià zi 架子 shàng 上 diào 掉 le 了 xià 下 lái 来。 A book tumbled off the shelf.
3		wǒ 我 de 的 māo mī 猫咪 yī 一 wén 闻 dào 到 xiǎo 小 gǒu 狗 shēn shàng 身上 de 的 qì wèi 气味 biàn 便 mǎ shàng 马上 tiào 跳 kāi 开 pǎo 跑 diào 掉 le 了。 My cat started off as soon as he smelt the little dog.
4		xiàn zài 现在 rú guǒ 如果 nǐ 你 lè yì 乐意， kě yǐ 可以 qù 去 diào 掉 xià biāo 下标。 Now you can drop the subscripts if you prefer.
5		xià kè 下课 hòu 后 tā 她 bǎ 把 xí tí 习题 cóng 从 hēi bǎn 黑板 shàng 上 cā 擦 diào 掉。 She rubbed the exercises off the blackboard after class.

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