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丢
丟
diū
1.
to lose
2.
to put aside
3.
to throw
HSK 4
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
丢下
diūxià
to abandon
丢丑
diūchǒu
to lose face
丢人
diūrén
to lose face
丢命
diūmìng
to die
丢失
diūshī
to lose
丢官
diūguān
(of an official) to lose one's job
丢手
diūshǒu
to wash one's hands of sth
丢掉
diūdiào
to lose
丢弃
diūqì
to discard
丢脸
diūliǎn
to lose face
丢开
diūkāi
to cast or put aside
丢魂
diūhún
to be distracted
弄丢
nòngdiū
to lose
走丢
zǒudiū
to wander off
丢到家
diūdàojiā
to lose (face) utterly
丢面子
diūmiànzi
to lose face
丢饭碗
diūfànwǎn
to lose one's job
丢三落四
diūsānlàsì
forgetful
丢人现眼
diūrénxiànyǎn
to make an exhibition of oneself
丢乌纱帽
diūwūshāmào
lit. to lose one's black hat
Example Sentences (2)
例如，夏天把空调的温度开得高一些，出门时记得关空调和电脑，这样可以节约用电；少开车，多骑车或者乘坐地铁和公共汽车，这样能降低空气污染；还有养成把垃圾丢进垃圾桶的习惯什么的。
Lìrú, Xiàtiān bǎ kōngtiáo de wēndù kāi de gāo yìxiē, chūmén shí jìde guān kōngtiáo hé diànnǎo, zhèyàng kěyǐ jiéyuē yòngdiàn; shǎo kāichē, duō qíchē huòzhě chéngzuò dìtiě hé gōnggòng qìchē, zhèyàng néng jiàngdī kōngqì wūrǎn; háiyǒu yǎngchéng bǎ lājī diū jìn lājītǒng de xíguàn shénme de.
For example, in summer set the air conditioner temperature a bit higher, and remember to turn off the air conditioner and the computer when you go out; drive less and ride a bike or take the subway and buses, which can reduce air pollution; also develop the habit of throwing trash into trash bins, and so on.
Text 5
她是我们的导游，不是少数民族。一路上她给我们讲了很多有趣的笑话。有一次我把存包的钥匙丢了，最后还是她帮我找到的。这张照片就是找到钥匙后，我们一起照的。
Tā shì wǒmen de dǎoyóu, bú shì shǎoshù mínzú. Yí lù shàng tā gěi wǒmen jiǎng le hěn duō yǒuqù de xiàohuà. Yǒu yí cì wǒ bǎ cún bāo de yàoshi diū le, zuìhòu háishi tā bāng wǒ zhǎodào de. Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn jiù shì zhǎodào yàoshi hòu, wǒmen yìqǐ zhào de.
She is our tour guide, not an ethnic minority. Along the way, she told us many interesting jokes. Once I lost the locker key, and in the end she was the one who helped me find it. This photo is the one we took together after we found the key.
Text 3
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,638
- Word Frequency Rank
- 973 of 84,292