掉 diào

turn, move; shake, wag; drop down

HSK 4 #849

DEFINITIONS

掉 diào
  • 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)

STROKES

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WORDS

干掉 gàn diào to get rid of
关掉 guān diào to switch off; to shut off
忘掉 wàng diào to forget
扔掉 rēng diào to throw away; to throw out
丢掉 diū diào to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away
除掉 chú diào to eliminate
甩掉 shuǎi diào to throw off; to abandon; to cast off; to get rid of; to dump
去掉 qù diào to get rid of; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to delete; to strip out; to extract
掉头 diào tóu to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about
炸掉 zhà diào to bomb
漏掉 lòu diào to miss; to leave out; to omit; to be omitted; to be missing; to slip through; to leak out; to seep away
毁掉 huǐ diào to destroy
拔掉 bá diào to pluck; to pull off; to pull out; to unplug
擦掉 cā diào to wipe
老掉牙 lǎo diào yá very old; obsolete; out of date
减掉 jiǎn diào to subtract; to lose (weight)
改掉 gǎi diào to drop a bad habit
辞掉 cí diào to quit (one's job); to dismiss (an employee)
卖掉 mài diào to sell off; to get rid of in a sale
掉落 diào luò to fall down
失掉 shī diào to lose; to miss
撤掉 chè diào to cut; to throw out; to depose (from office); to tear off
废掉 fèi diào to depose (a king)
掉以轻心 diào yǐ qīng xīn treat sth lightly; to lower one's guard
掉队 diào duì to fall behind; to drop out
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