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掉
diào
Main
English Definitionto 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)
Simplified Script掉
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyindiào
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄉㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)diu6
Part of Speech(形) adjective, (动) verb
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=2 TOCFL=3

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Words With Same Head Word    
掉下来diào xiàlaito fall
掉头diàotóuto turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about
掉下diàoxiàto drop down; to fall
掉落diàoluòto fall down
掉以轻心diào yǐ qīngxīntreat something lightly; to lower one's guard
Words With Same Tail Word    
失掉shīdiàoto lose; to miss
吃掉chīdiàoto eat up; to consume
丢掉diūdiàoto lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away
去掉qùdiàoto get rid of; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to delete; to strip out; to extract
忘掉wàngdiàoto forget
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