diào

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Definitions

  1. 1. to fall
  2. 2. to drop
  3. 3. to lag behind
  4. 4. to lose
  5. 5. to go missing
  6. 6. to reduce
  7. 7. fall (in prices)
  8. 8. to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. 9. to wag
  10. 10. to swing
  11. 11. to turn
  12. 12. to change
  13. 13. to exchange
  14. 14. to swap
  15. 15. to show off
  16. 16. to shed (hair)
  17. 17. (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

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Words Containing 掉

丢掉
diū diào

to lose

去掉
qù diào

to get rid of

忘掉
wàng diào

to forget

掉队
diào duì

to fall behind

掉头
diào tóu

to turn one's head

关掉
guān diào

to switch off; to shut off

乱掉
luàn diào

to throw away

信贷违约掉期
xìn dài wéi yuē diào qī

credit default swap (finance)

做掉
zuò diào

to kill

免掉
miǎn diào

to eliminate

分掉
fēn diào

to share

删掉
shān diào

to delete

刮掉
guā diào

to scrape off

剥掉
bō diào

to peel off

剪掉
jiǎn diào

to cut off

划掉
huà diào

to cross out

吃掉
chī diào

to eat up

喝掉
hē diào

to drink up

土得掉渣
tǔ de diào zhā

(coll.) rustic

坏掉
huài diào

spoilt

天上不会掉馅饼
tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng

there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)

天上掉馅饼
tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng

a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom)

失掉
shī diào

to lose

尾大不掉
wěi dà bù diào

large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy

干掉
gàn diào

to get rid of

废掉
fèi diào

to depose (a king)

打掉
dǎ diào

to tear down

打掉门牙,往肚子里咽
dǎ diào mén yá , wǎng dù zi lǐ yàn

lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom)

扔掉
rēng diào

to throw away

拔掉
bá diào

to pluck

挖掉
wā diào

to dig out

掀掉
xiān diào

to remove

掉下
diào xià

to drop down

掉以轻心
diào yǐ qīng xīn

to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard

掉价
diào jià

drop in price

掉包
diào bāo

to steal sb's valuable item and substitute a similar-looking but worthless item

掉向
diào xiàng

to turn

掉换
diào huàn

to swap

掉举
diào jǔ

restlessness (Buddhism)

掉书袋
diào shū dài

lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)

掉期
diào qī

swap (finance)

掉泪
diào lèi

to shed tears

掉漆
diào qī

to peel off (paint)

掉球
diào qiú

(sports) to fumble the ball

掉秤
diào chèng

to lose weight (of cattle)

掉粉
diào fěn

to lose fans

掉线
diào xiàn

to get disconnected (from the Internet)

掉膘
diào biāo

to lose weight (of cattle)

掉色
diào sè

to lose color

掉落
diào luò

to fall down

掉转
diào zhuǎn

to turn around

掉过
diào guò

to swap places

掉链子
diào liàn zi

to have one's bicycle chain come off

掉头就走
diào tóu jiù zǒu

to turn on one's heels

撇掉
piē diào

to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid

撕掉
sī diào

to tear out (and throw away)

撤掉
chè diào

to cut

擦掉
cā diào

to wipe

改掉
gǎi diào

to drop a bad habit

杠掉
gàng diào

to cross out

杀掉
shā diào

to kill

毁掉
huǐ diào
冲掉
chōng diào

to wash out

减掉
jiǎn diào

to subtract

灭掉
miè diào

to eliminate

漏掉
lòu diào

to miss

泼掉
pō diào

spill

炸掉
zhà diào

to bomb

甩掉
shuǎi diào

to throw off

当掉
dàng diào

to fail (a student)

碎掉
suì diào

to drop and smash

笑掉大牙
xiào diào dà yá

to laugh one's head off

老掉牙
lǎo diào yá

obsolete

脱掉
tuō diào

to remove

脱皮掉肉
tuō pí diào ròu

lit. to shed skin, drop flesh

花掉
huā diào

to spend (time, money)

被优化掉
bèi yōu huà diào

to be made redundant

卖掉
mài diào

to sell off

走掉
zǒu diào

to leave

跑掉
pǎo diào

to run away

输掉
shū diào

to lose

辞掉
cí diào

to quit (one's job)

锯掉
jù diào

to saw off (a branch etc); to amputate (a limb)

锁掉
suǒ diào

lock up

除掉
chú diào

to eliminate