掉

On the HSK 4 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B1.

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diào ㄉㄧㄠˋ

- 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)

Other words read diào

In the same tone

调 diào transfer
吊 diào suspend
钓 diào angle
蓧 diào bamboo basket
藋 diào Sambucu javinica

All 8 words read diào

diao with other tones

鸟 diǎo penis
雕 diāo carve
貂 diāo sable or marten
叼 diāo hold with one's mouth
碉 diāo rock cave

All 20 words read diao in any tone

Other words read diào

In the same tone

調 diào transfer
弔 diào lament
釣 diào angle
蓧 diào bamboo basket
藋 diào Sambucu javinica

All 8 words read diào

diao with other tones

鳥 diǎo penis
鵰 diāo bird of prey
貂 diāo sable or marten
叼 diāo hold with one's mouth
碉 diāo rock cave

All 20 words read diao in any tone

How 掉 is written

部首 radical: 扌 a form of 手
笔画 strokes: 11, with 8 after the 部首
结构 structure: 左右结构
偏旁 parts: 扌卓
形旁 meaning: 扌
声旁 sound: 卓

Words with 掉

Starting with 掉

掉头 diàotóu turn one's head
掉转 diàozhuǎn turn around
掉落 diàoluò fall down
掉以轻心 diàoyǐqīngxīn treat sth lightly
掉队 diàoduì fall behind

All 23 words starting with 掉

Ending with 掉

杀掉 shādiào kill
丢掉 diūdiào lose
吃掉 chīdiào eat up
卖掉 màidiào sell off
除掉 chúdiào eliminate

All 54 words ending with 掉

Containing 掉

老掉牙 lǎodiàoyá very old
笑掉大牙 xiàodiàodàyá ridiculous
信贷违约掉期 xìndàiwéiyuēdiàoqī credit default swap
土得掉渣 tǔdediàozhā rustic
天上不会掉馅饼 tiānshàngbùhuìdiàoxiànbǐng there is no such thing as a free lunch

All 7 words containing 掉

Words with 掉

Starting with 掉

掉頭 diàotóu turn one's head
掉轉 diàozhuǎn turn around
掉落 diàoluò fall down
掉以輕心 diàoyǐqīngxīn treat sth lightly
掉隊 diàoduì fall behind

All 23 words starting with 掉

Ending with 掉

殺掉 shādiào kill
丟掉 diūdiào lose
吃掉 chīdiào eat up
賣掉 màidiào sell off
除掉 chúdiào eliminate

All 54 words ending with 掉

Containing 掉

老掉牙 lǎodiàoyá very old
笑掉大牙 xiàodiàodàyá ridiculous
信貸違約掉期 xìndàiwéiyuēdiàoqī credit default swap
土得掉渣 tǔdediàozhā rustic
天上不會掉餡餅 tiānshàngbùhuìdiàoxiànbǐng there is no such thing as a free lunch

All 7 words containing 掉

Example sentences and grammar articles using 掉

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