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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)
灭掉
mièdiào
to eliminate
乱掉
luàndiào
to throw away
泼掉
pōdiào
spill
炸掉
zhàdiào
to bomb
甩掉
shuǎidiào
to throw off
当掉
dàngdiào
to fail (a student)
碎掉
suìdiào
to drop and smash
脱掉
tuōdiào
to remove
花掉
huādiào
to spend (time, money)
卖掉
màidiào
to sell off
走掉
zǒudiào
to leave
跑掉
pǎodiào
to run away
输掉
shūdiào
to lose
辞掉
cídiào
to resign a post
锁掉
suǒdiào
lock up
关掉
guāndiào
to switch off
除掉
chúdiào
to eliminate
做掉
zuòdiào
to kill
免掉
miǎndiào
to eliminate
分掉
fēndiào
to share
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 848
- Word Frequency Rank
- 444 of 84,292