掉

diào

to fall; to drop

HSK 3.0 · Level 2 HSK 2.0 · Level 4 verb

Meaning

diào diao4

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)

Example sentences

tā他kāishǐ开始diào掉tóufa头发le了。

He is beginning to lose his hair.
wǒ我diào掉le了wǒ我de的qiánbāo钱包。

I have lost my wallet.
yǒuxiē有些píngguǒ苹果cóng从shùshàng树上diào掉le了xiàlai下来。

Some apples fell down from the tree.
wǒmen我们chǔlǐ处理diào掉le了tāmen他们jiā家de的lǎoshǔ老鼠。

We got rid of the mice in their house.

HSK words with 掉

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