Hanzi

掉

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)

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 2

Pinyin

diào, nuó

Bopomofo

ㄉㄧㄠˋ, ㄋㄨㄛˊ

Jyutping

diu6

Example sentences

我的手機掉在地上了。

我的手机掉在地上了。

My phone fell on the ground.

她決定改掉這個壞習慣。

她决定改掉这个坏习惯。

She decided to break this bad habit.

請把這些垃圾丟掉。

请把这些垃圾丢掉。

Please throw away this trash.

這個舊瓶子還有很多用處，不要把它丟掉。

这个旧瓶子还有很多用处，不要把它丢掉。

This old bottle still has many uses, don't throw it away.

請把這張照片裡的水印去掉。

请把这张照片里的水印去掉。

Please remove the watermark from this photo.

Example Vocabulary

掉

diao4

to fall; to drop; to lose; (resultative particle)

丟掉

diu1'diao4

to throw away; to lose

刪掉

剪掉

去掉

qu4'diao4

to remove; to get rid of

吃掉

亂掉

免掉

分掉

刮掉

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