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掉
diào
1.
to fall
2.
to drop
3.
to lag behind
4.
to lose
5.
to go missing
6.
to reduce
7.
fall (in prices)
8.
to lose (value, weight etc)
9.
to wag
10.
to swing
11.
to turn
12.
to change
13.
to exchange
14.
to swap
15.
to show off
16.
to shed (hair)
17.
(used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
丢掉
diūdiào
to lose
乱掉
luàndiào
to throw away
做掉
zuòdiào
to kill
免掉
miǎndiào
to eliminate
分掉
fēndiào
to share
删掉
shāndiào
to delete
刮掉
guādiào
to scrape off
剥掉
bōdiào
to peel off
剪掉
jiǎndiào
to cut off
划掉
huàdiào
to cross out
去掉
qùdiào
to get rid of
吃掉
chīdiào
to eat up
喝掉
hēdiào
to drink up
坏掉
huàidiào
spoilt
失掉
shīdiào
to lose
干掉
gàndiào
to get rid of
废掉
fèidiào
to depose (a king)
忘掉
wàngdiào
to forget
扔掉
rēngdiào
to throw away
拔掉
bádiào
to pluck
Example Sentences (4)
看来是掉颜色了，你洗的时候在水里加点儿盐就不会这样了。
Kànlái shì diào yánsè le, nǐ xǐ de shíhou zài shuǐlǐ jiā diǎnr yán jiù bùhuì zhèyàng le.
Looks like the color has run; if you add a little salt to the water when you wash it, it won't be like this.
Text 2
放盐？！盐不是用来做饭的吗？难道它还能让衣服不掉颜色？
Fàng yán?! Yán bú shì yònglái zuòfàn de ma? Nándào tā háinéng ràng yīfu bú diào yánsè?
Add salt?! Isn't salt used for cooking? Could it also keep clothes from fading?
Text 2
当然。有些衣服第一次洗的时候会掉颜色，其实，有很多方法可以解决这个问题。在水里加勺盐再洗是最简单的方法。用盐水来洗新衣服，这样穿得再久、洗的次数再多，衣服也不容易掉颜色。
Dāngrán. Yǒuxiē yīfú dìyīcì xǐ de shíhòu huì diào yánsè, qíshí, yǒu hěnduō fāngfǎ kěyǐ jiějué zhègè wèntí. Zài shuǐ lǐ jiā sháo yán zài xǐ shì zuì jiǎndān de fāngfǎ. Yòng yánshuǐ lái xǐ xīn yīfú, zhèyàng chuān de zài jiǔ, xǐ de cìshù zài duō, yīfú yě bù róngyì diào yánsè.
Of course. Some clothes lose color the first time you wash them; in fact, there are many ways to solve this problem. The simplest method is to add a spoon of salt to the water and wash again. Wash new clothes with salt water; this way, no matter how long you wear them or how many times you wash them, the clothes won't fade easily.
Text 2
当然。有些衣服第一次洗的时候会掉颜色，其实，有很多方法可以解决这个问题。在水里加勺盐再洗是最简单的方法。用盐水来洗新衣服，这样穿得再久、洗的次数再多，衣服也不容易掉颜色。
Dāngrán. Yǒuxiē yīfú dìyīcì xǐ de shíhòu huì diào yánsè, qíshí, yǒu hěnduō fāngfǎ kěyǐ jiějué zhègè wèntí. Zài shuǐ lǐ jiā sháo yán zài xǐ shì zuì jiǎndān de fāngfǎ. Yòng yánshuǐ lái xǐ xīn yīfú, zhèyàng chuān de zài jiǔ, xǐ de cìshù zài duō, yīfú yě bù róngyì diào yánsè.
Of course. Some clothes lose color the first time you wash them; in fact, there are many ways to solve this problem. The simplest method is to add a spoon of salt to the water and wash again. Wash new clothes with salt water; this way, no matter how long you wear them or how many times you wash them, the clothes won't fade easily.
Text 2
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 848
- Word Frequency Rank
- 444 of 84,292