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diào

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diào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
diào | diao4
English translation
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)
to drop, to fall, to remove

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About diào

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

diào

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of diào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌卓

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Zhuó

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and Zhuó represents the sound.

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Example sentences using diào

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关掉 guān diào le 煤气 méi qì , gòu 机灵 jīling de .

She was intelligent enough to turn off the gas.

必须 bìxū tuō diào 这些 zhè xiē 湿 shī 衣服 yīfu ,然后 ránhòu lái bēi gān 提尼.

I must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini.

酒杯 jiǔ bēi 丁零 shēng diào zài 地上 dì shang .

The wine glass dropped to the floor with a tinkle.

Qián fēn diào le .

The money has been shared out.

然后 ránhòu , tuō diào 鞋子 xié zi , tǎng le 下去 xià qù .

Then he pulled off his shoes and lay down.

Words with diào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
diào to fall diào
干掉 gàn diào to get rid of幹掉
关掉 guān diào to switch off關掉
丢掉 diū diào to lose丟掉
忘掉 wàng diào to forget忘掉 wàng diào
扔掉 rēng diào to throw away扔掉 rēng diào
去掉 qù diào to get rid of去掉 qù diào
吃掉 chī diào to eat up吃掉 chī diào
除掉 chú diào to eliminate除掉 chú diào
掉头 diào tóu to turn round掉頭
甩掉 shuǎi diào to throw off甩掉 shuǎi diào
毁掉 huǐ diào to destroy毀掉
掉落 diào luò to fall down掉落 diào luò
杀掉 shā diào to kill殺掉
掉下 diào xià to fall掉下 diào xià
打掉 dǎ diào to tear down打掉 dǎ diào
炸掉 zhà diào to bomb炸掉 zhà diào
拔掉 bá diào to pluck拔掉 bá diào
改掉 gǎi diào to drop a bad habit改掉 gǎi diào
漏掉 lòu diào to miss漏掉 lòu diào
脱掉 tuō diào to remove脫掉
掉以轻心 diào yǐ qīng xīn treat sth lightly掉以輕心
失掉 shī diào to lose失掉 shī diào
擦掉 cā diào to wipe擦掉 cā diào
减掉 jiǎn diào to subtract減掉

diào Decomposition & Compounds

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diào Decomposition

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