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diào
HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 2

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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)

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5114835)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 掉

冲掉
chōng diào

to wash out

挖掉
wā diào

to dig out

扔掉
rēng diào

to throw away

掉书袋
diào shū dài

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

撇掉
piē diào

to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid

掉落
diào luò

to fall down

掉举
diào jǔ

restlessness (Buddhism)

删掉
shān diào

to delete

输掉
shū diào

to lose

忘掉
wàng diào

to forget

丢掉
diū diào

to lose

掉下
diào xià

to drop down

掀掉
xiān diào

to remove

干掉
gàn diào

to get rid of

笑掉大牙
xiào diào dà yá

to laugh one's head off

去掉
qù diào

to get rid of

关掉
guān diào

to switch off; to shut off

被优化掉
bèi yōu huà diào

to be made redundant

尾大不掉
wěi dà bù diào

large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy

坏掉
huài diào

spoilt

土得掉渣
tǔ de diào zhā

(coll.) rustic

减掉
jiǎn diào

to subtract

漏掉
lòu diào

to miss

划掉
huà diào

to cross out

掉漆
diào qī

to peel off (paint)

信贷违约掉期
xìn dài wéi yuē diào qī

credit default swap (finance)

走掉
zǒu diào

to leave

分掉
fēn diào

to share

擦掉
cā diào

to wipe

掉秤
diào chèng

to lose weight (of cattle)

撤掉
chè diào

to cut

掉链子
diào liàn zi

to have one's bicycle chain come off

当掉
dàng diào

to fail (a student)

杠掉
gàng diào

to cross out

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)

辞掉
cí diào

to quit (one's job)

泼掉
pō diào

spill

掉队
diào duì

to fall behind

跑掉
pǎo diào

to run away

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

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

刮掉
guā diào

to scrape off

免掉
miǎn diào

to eliminate

碎掉
suì diào

to drop and smash

炸掉
zhà diào

to bomb

掉期
diào qī

swap (finance)

掉球
diào qiú

(sports) to fumble the ball

掉头
diào tóu

to turn one's head

打掉
dǎ diào

to tear down

剪掉
jiǎn diào

to cut off

掉色
diào sè

to lose color

掉价
diào jià

drop in price

掉膘
diào biāo

to lose weight (of cattle)

老掉牙
lǎo diào yá

obsolete

卖掉
mài diào

to sell off

拔掉
bá diào

to pluck

甩掉
shuǎi diào

to throw off

改掉
gǎi diào

to drop a bad habit

天上掉馅饼
tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng

a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom)

做掉
zuò diào

to kill

花掉
huā diào

to spend (time, money)

掉粉
diào fěn

to lose fans

锯掉
jù diào

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

除掉
chú diào

to eliminate

脱皮掉肉
tuō pí diào ròu

lit. to shed skin, drop flesh

掉过
diào guò

to swap places

乱掉
luàn diào

to throw away

杀掉
shā diào

to kill

锁掉
suǒ diào

lock up

掉向
diào xiàng

to turn

废掉
fèi diào

to depose (a king)

脱掉
tuō diào

to remove

掉线
diào xiàn

to get disconnected (from the Internet)

失掉
shī diào

to lose

毁掉
huǐ diào
灭掉
miè diào

to eliminate

吃掉
chī diào

to eat up

掉泪
diào lèi

to shed tears

掉换
diào huàn

to swap

剥掉
bō diào

to peel off

掉头就走
diào tóu jiù zǒu

to turn on one's heels

掉以轻心
diào yǐ qīng xīn

to treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard

掉转
diào zhuǎn

to turn around

喝掉
hē diào

to drink up

撕掉
sī diào

to tear out (and throw away)

掉包
diào bāo

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