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掉

diào · diao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. to fall
  2. to drop
  3. to lag behind
  4. to lose
  5. to go missing
  6. to reduce
  7. fall (in prices)
  8. to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. to wag
  10. to swing
  11. to turn
  12. to change
  13. to exchange
  14. to swap
  15. to show off
  16. to shed (hair)
  17. (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

杰(jié)克(kè)逊(xùn)从(cóng)马(mǎ)背(bèi)上(shàng)掉(diào)了(le)下(xià)来(lái)。

Jackson fell from his horse.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

叉(chā)子(zi)从(cóng)桌(zhuō)上(shàng)掉(diào)了(le)下(xià)来(lái)。

A fork fell off the table.

Tatoeba: Chinese by ryanwoo · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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