Chinese Word: 摔 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

摔HSK 5

Pinyin: shuāi

English Definition: to throw down; to fall; to drop and break

Chinese Definition:
①用力往下扔：把帽子摔在床上。摔打。
②很快地掉下：别摔下来。
③因掉下而破坏：把碗摔碎了。
④跌跤：摔倒。摔跤。

Total strokes: 14; Radical: 手

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

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 扌 [ shǒu ] hand
- 率 [ lǜ ] to command, to lead; rate, ratio, proportion

Similar Characters: 捽蟀

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摔跤	shuāi jiāo	to trip and fall; to wrestle; wrestling (sports)
摔打	shuāi da	to knock; to grasp sth in the hand and beat it; to toughen oneself up
破罐破摔	pò guàn pò shuāi	lit. to smash a cracked pot (idiom); crazy despair in the face of a blemish, defect, error or setback
摔角	shuāi jiǎo	to wrestle; wrestling
摔跟头	shuāi gēn tou	to fall; fig. to suffer a setback

1		tā 她 shuāi dǎo 摔倒 le 了。 She fell down.
2		bō li bēi 玻璃杯 dǐ 底 shuāi suì 摔碎 le 了。 The bottom of the glass broke.
3		wǒ 我 zài 在 pǎo bù 跑步 shí 时 shuāi dǎo 摔倒 le 了 I fell when I was running.
4		xiǎo xīn 小心 cǎi 踩 huá 滑 le 了， bié 别 shuāi dǎo 摔倒 le 了。 Be careful not to slip and fall when stepping on something slippery.
5		bō li bēi 玻璃杯 diào 掉 zài 在 dì shang 地上， shuāi pò 摔破 le 了。 The glass cup fell to the ground and broke.

1		tā 她 shuāi dǎo 摔倒 le 了。 She fell down.
2		bō li bēi 玻璃杯 dǐ 底 shuāi suì 摔碎 le 了。 The bottom of the glass broke.
3		wǒ 我 zài 在 pǎo bù 跑步 shí 时 shuāi dǎo 摔倒 le 了 I fell when I was running.
4		xiǎo xīn 小心 cǎi 踩 huá 滑 le 了， bié 别 shuāi dǎo 摔倒 le 了。 Be careful not to slip and fall when stepping on something slippery.
5		bō li bēi 玻璃杯 diào 掉 zài 在 dì shang 地上， shuāi pò 摔破 le 了。 The glass cup fell to the ground and broke.