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掉

Mandarin · pinyin diào

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)

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掉: diào · turn, move; shake, wag; drop down

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4 · diao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

deu6 · diu6 · zaau6

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to drop; to fall
to lose; to part
to shake; to wag; to swing
to turn; to move
(dialectal, intransitive) to be missing; to be lost
(Yangzhou Mandarin) to leave behind; to forget to bring
(Cantonese, Teochew) to throw; to toss
(Cantonese, Teochew) to toss out; to dispose of; to discard
Used along with a verb to indicate completion, usually together with 了 (le); or to indicate imperative mood.
(Mainland China Hokkien) to shake; to shiver

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(obsolete) to hold; to wield; to bear; to lift

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