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diū Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
diū | diu1
English translation
to lose
to put aside
to throw
to lose; to discard

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About diū

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

diū

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A lost  jade 

Etymology of diū

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

王厶

Explanation

Simplified form of diū . A horizontal line added to the sematically similar character (leave; go).

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Example sentences using diū

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yǒu diǎn 东西 dōngxī , zhè 一次 yī cì Quán diū le .

I used to have some things, but now they've all been lost.

因此 yīncǐ dāng 互补 hù bǔ 染色体 rǎn sè tǐ 丢失 diū shī shí , jiù huì 产生 chǎnshēng 恶性 è xìng fēn .

Maligrant segregants may, therefore, arise when complementing chromosomes are lost.

现在 xiànzài shuì 局长 jú zhǎng diū le ,改做公债 gōng zhài , 自然 zìrán 主张 zhǔzhāng yòu 不同 bù tóng le .

Now that I'm a stock - jobber, naturally my likes and dislikes have changed.

快给我 dào 地下室 dì xià shì , diū dào 火炉 huǒ lú .

Take it down to the basement and throw it into the furnace. "

他们 tā men huì shuì ,, 解雇 jiěgù , ràng diū jǐn 脸面 liǎn miàn de .

She would be scolded, abused, ignominiously discharged.

Words with diū

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
diū to lose diū
丢失 diū shī to lose丟失
丢掉 diū diào to lose丟掉
丢脸 diū liǎn to lose face丟臉
丢人 diūrén to lose face丟人
丢弃 diū qì to discard丟棄
丢下 diū xià to abandon丟下
丢人现眼 diū rén xiàn yǎn to be a disgrace丟人現眼
丢开 diū kāi to cast or put aside丟開
丢面子 diū miàn zi to lose face丟面子
丢三落四 diūsānlàsì forgetful丟三落四
丢丑 diū chǒu to lose face丟丑
丢手 diū shǒu to wash one's hands of sth丟手
丢饭碗 diū fàn wǎn to lose one's job丟飯碗
丢魂落魄 diū hún luò pò dazed丟魂落魄
灰不溜丢 huī bu liū diū gloomy and dull (idiom)灰不溜丟

diū Decomposition & Compounds

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diū Decomposition

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diū Compounds

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