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掉
Mandarin · pinyin diào
Meanings
- 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)
Characters in this entry
- 掉
- diào · turn, move; shake, wag; drop down
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Mandarin tones
4 · diao4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 11 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
deu6 · diu6 · zaau6
Cantonese word readings for 掉. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- 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
character
- (obsolete) to hold; to wield; to bear; to lift
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