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掉

Cantonese · source Jyutpingdiu6#

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)
to reverse
to decrease
away
to throw away

Cantonese · source Jyutpingdeu6#

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)
to reverse
to decrease
away
to throw away

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzaau6#

to row an oar

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

diu66 · low level

deu66 · low level

zaau66 · low level

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Same syllable, six tones

diu雕diu1Penisdiu2—吊diu3Reminiscediu4—diu5—调diu6to transfer

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

掉

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

掉 diào CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); …

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: diao4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

deu6 · diu6 · zaau6

Cantonese word readings for 掉. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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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