diào

off; to drop or fall; to lose

HSK 4 #849

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 849th character
Radical ⼿ (64.8)
Strokes 11
Index # 2170

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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Words containing 掉

Word Meaning
to wash out; to leach
to wash out; to leach
to lose (weight); to subtract
to eliminate
to eliminate
spill
spill
to pawn; to stop working
to pawn; to stop working
broken; to drop and smash
ridiculous; to laugh one's head off; jaw-dropping
to take off; to remove; to strip off
to take off; to remove; to strip off
to work one's butt off; to work as hard as possible
to work one's butt off; to work as hard as possible
to spend (time, money); to waste
lit. to be optimized away; to be fired
lit. to be optimized away; to be fired
to sell off; to get rid of in a sale
to leave
to run away; to take to one's heels
to lose
to lose
to quit (one's job); to dismiss (an employee)
lock up; lock out; to lock