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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。
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Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (hand) conveys the meaning.
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Example Words
丢掉 diū diào to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away
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 qīng xīn treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
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Example Sentences
1
You dropped your money.
2
A book tumbled off the shelf.
3
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My cat started off as soon as he smelt the little dog.
4
Now you can drop the subscripts if you prefer.
5
She rubbed the exercises off the blackboard after class.